Download PuTTY: release 0.45

0.45, released on 1999-01-22, is not the latest release. See the Latest Release page for the most up-to-date release (currently 0.81).

Past releases of PuTTY are versions we thought were reasonably likely to work well, at the time they were released. However, later releases will almost always have fixed bugs and/or added new features. If you have a problem with this release, please try the latest release, to see if the problem has already been fixed.

SECURITY WARNING

This release has known security vulnerabilities. Consider using a later release instead, such as the latest version, 0.81.

The known vulnerabilities in this release are:

private-key-not-wiped (fixed in release 0.63)
private-key-not-wiped-2 (fixed in release 0.64)
vuln-agent-fwd-overflow (fixed in release 0.68)
vuln-auth-prompt-spoofing (fixed in release 0.71)
vuln-bignum-division-by-zero (fixed in release 0.63)
vuln-indirect-dll-hijack (fixed in release 0.68)
vuln-indirect-dll-hijack-2 (fixed in release 0.69)
vuln-indirect-dll-hijack-3 (fixed in release 0.70)
vuln-modmul (fixed in release 0.63)
vuln-modpow (fixed in release 0.55)
vuln-passwd-memdump (fixed in release 0.54)
vuln-pscp-sink-sscanf (fixed in release 0.67)
vuln-rng-reuse (fixed in release 0.71)
vuln-sftp-readdir (fixed in release 0.57)
vuln-sftp-string (fixed in release 0.57)
vuln-signature-stringlen (fixed in release 0.63)
vuln-ssh1-buffer-length-underflow (fixed in release 0.72)
vuln-ssh1-kex (fixed in release 0.55)
vuln-ssh1-short-rsa-keys (fixed in release 0.72)
vuln-sshredder (fixed in release 0.53b)
vuln-terminal-dos-one-column-cjk (fixed in release 0.71)
vuln-terrapin (fixed in release 0.80)
vuln-win-exclusiveaddruse (fixed in release 0.73)
vuln-win-pageant-client-missing-length-check (fixed in release 0.72)
vuln-windows-remote-title-dos (fixed in release 0.75)

No binary builds available

Sorry, no binary downloads are available for PuTTY 0.45. The original binary builds have been lost in the mists of time and we don't have any copies any more.

However, you can follow the link below to browse the 0.45 version of the source code in the git repository.

Source code

git repository

Clone: https://git.tartarus.org/simon/putty.git

gitweb: main | 0.45 release tag