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CVE-2008-1483

OpenSSH 4.3p2, and probably other versions, allows local users to hijack forwarded X connections by causing ssh to set DISPLAY to :10, even when another process is listening on the associated port, as demonstrated by opening TCP port 6010 (IPv4) and sniffing a cookie sent by Emacs.

Published

2008-03-24T23:44:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	openbsd	openssh	4.3p2	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc ([email protected])
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011 ([email protected])
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841 ([email protected])
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29522 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29537 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29554 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29626 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29676 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29683 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29686 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29721 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29735 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29873 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29939 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30086 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30230 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30249 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30347 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30361 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31531 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc ([email protected])
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=590180&group_id=69227 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237444-1 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019235.1-1 ([email protected])
http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm ([email protected])
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2008-1483 ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0120 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml ([email protected])
http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2008/04/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:078 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28444 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019707 ([email protected])
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.540188 ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0994/references ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1123/references ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1124/references ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1448/references ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1526/references ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1630/references ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41438 ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2397 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6085 ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/597-1/ ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29522 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29537 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29554 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29626 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29676 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29683 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29686 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29721 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29735 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29873 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29939 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30086 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30230 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30249 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30347 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30361 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31531 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=590180&group_id=69227 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237444-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019235.1-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2008-1483 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0120 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2008/04/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:078 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28444 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019707 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.540188 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0994/references (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1123/references (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1124/references (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1448/references (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1526/references (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1630/references (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41438 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2397 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6085 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/597-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)