CVE-2019-17068

Upstream information

CVE-2019-17068 at MITRE

Description

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

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	None

CVSS v3 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.5
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	None
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1152753 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2019:2276-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:43 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2019:2277-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:43 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2019:2292-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:43 2023

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	putty >= 0.73-bp151.4.6.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-2292
SUSE Package Hub 15	putty >= 0.73-bp150.4.12.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-2292
openSUSE Leap 15.0	putty >= 0.73-lp150.18.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-2276
openSUSE Leap 15.1	putty >= 0.73-lp151.3.6.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-2277
openSUSE Tumbleweed	putty >= 0.76-1.2	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11201

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Oct 2 10:31:49 2019
CVE page last modified: Sat Nov 1 21:40:36 2025