CVE-2008-1483
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
5.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.8%
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 configurations
References
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html
secunia.com/advisories/29522
secunia.com/advisories/29537
secunia.com/advisories/29554
secunia.com/advisories/29626
secunia.com/advisories/29676
secunia.com/advisories/29683
secunia.com/advisories/29686
secunia.com/advisories/29721
secunia.com/advisories/29735
secunia.com/advisories/29873
secunia.com/advisories/29939
secunia.com/advisories/30086
secunia.com/advisories/30230
secunia.com/advisories/30249
secunia.com/advisories/30347
secunia.com/advisories/30361
secunia.com/advisories/31531
secunia.com/advisories/31882
security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=590180&group_id=69227
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237444-1
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019235.1-1
support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2008-1483
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0120
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml
www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2008/04/msg00000.html
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:078
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28444
www.securitytracker.com/id?1019707
www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.540188
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0994/references
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1123/references
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1124/references
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1448/references
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1526/references
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1630/references
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41438
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2397
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6085
usn.ubuntu.com/597-1/
Related
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
5.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.8%