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CVE-2008-1483

Published: Mar 24, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1483
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
OpensshOpenbsd4.3p2 (including)4.3p2 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatopenssh-0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9*
OpensshUbuntudapper*
OpensshUbuntuedgy*
OpensshUbuntufeisty*
OpensshUbuntugutsy*

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