Description
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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2021-20201 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-03T23:50:42.977Z
Reserved: 2021-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2021-33500
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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-05-21T20:15:07.723
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:08:57.423
Link: CVE-2021-33500
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD