CVE-2021-33500

PuTTY before 0.75 on Windows allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (Windows GUI hang) by telling the PuTTY window to change its title repeatedly at high speed, which results in many SetWindowTextA or SetWindowTextW calls. NOTE: the same attack methodology may affect some OS-level GUIs on Linux or other platforms for similar reasons.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/puttydos.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ssh-mitm/ssh-mitm-plugins/blob/main/ssh_mitm_plugins/ssh/putty_dos.py	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html	Release Notes Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-05-21 20:15

Updated : 2021-05-27 21:30

NVD link : CVE-2021-33500

Mitre link : CVE-2021-33500

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-33500

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

putty

putty

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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