CVE-2003-0046 (GCVE-0-2003-0046)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-02-01 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:43
VLAI
Summary
AbsoluteTelnet SSH2 client does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104386492422014&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.celestialsoftware.net/telnet/beta_soft… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.osvdb.org/7686 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006013 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6725 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.28.03.txt x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2003-01-29 00:00
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