CVE-2019-17068

Published: Oct 1, 2019Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

PuTTY before 0.73 mishandles the "bracketed paste mode" protection mechanism, which may allow a session to be affected by malicious clipboard content.

Affected (3)

Products: Putty: Putty · Opensuse: Leap

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Putty Putty	Before 0.73

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Leap	Version 15.0
Opensuse Leap	Version 15.1

Related CWEs

CWE-74

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

References (10)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00020.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00021.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00030.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2019/000029.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191127-0003/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00020.html