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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-9897

Multiple denial-of-service attacks that can be triggered by writing to the terminal exist in PuTTY versions before 0.71.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.02%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Multiple denial-of-service attacks that can be triggered by writing to the terminal exist in PuTTY versions before 0.71.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
3.02% probability · 87th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
putty/putty · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · netapp/oncommand unified manager · opensuse/leap
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.