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CVE-2008-1483 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/19/2010)

All openssh versions shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 include the patch for this issue. This issue was fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-527.html Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is affected by this issue. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1483

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1483
NVD Published Date:
03/24/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE