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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-03-24 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-03-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a0f51dd6a5207bdbfb5833c45c2e08aa61a63bce6a87ed4b990e29b52e1e0f78
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1123http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1123/references
- support.attachmate.comhttp://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1576http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576
- secunia.com29554http://secunia.com/advisories/29554
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1526http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1526/references
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1630http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1630/references
- www.globus.org[security-announce] 20080403 Globus Security Advisory 2008-01: GSI-OpenSSH vulnerabilityhttp://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2008/04/msg00000.html
- secunia.com29686http://secunia.com/advisories/29686
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-09-15http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
- secunia.com31531http://secunia.com/advisories/31531
- www.slackware.orgSSA:2008-095-01http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.540188
- aix.software.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc
- h20000.www2.hp.comHPSBUX02337http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenssh-sshd-session-hijacking(41438)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41438
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-597-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/597-1/
- sunsolve.sun.com1019235http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019235.1-1
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011
- www.us-cert.govTA08-260Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2397
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1624http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2584http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
- secunia.com30249http://secunia.com/advisories/30249
- tools.cisco.com20130220 OpenSSH Forwarded X Connection Session Hijack Vulnerabilityhttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2008-1483
- secunia.com29735http://secunia.com/advisories/29735
- secunia.com29683http://secunia.com/advisories/29683
- secunia.com30361http://secunia.com/advisories/30361
- secunia.com31882http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:009http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html
- secunia.com29721http://secunia.com/advisories/29721
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2396http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396
- secunia.com29522http://secunia.com/advisories/29522
- secunia.com30086http://secunia.com/advisories/30086
- secunia.com29939http://secunia.com/advisories/29939
- secunia.com30347http://secunia.com/advisories/30347
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6085https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6085
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0994http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0994/references
- www.securitytracker.com1019707http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019707
- sunsolve.sun.com237444http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237444-1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:078http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:078
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=590180&group_id=69227
- secunia.com29676http://secunia.com/advisories/29676
- secunia.com29873http://secunia.com/advisories/29873
- secunia.com29537http://secunia.com/advisories/29537
- secunia.com29626http://secunia.com/advisories/29626
- www.securityfocus.com20080325 rPSA-2008-0120-1 gnome-ssh-askpass openssh openssh-client openssh-serverhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0120
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1448http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1448/references
- ftp.netbsd.orgNetBSD-SA2008-005ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc
- secunia.com30230http://secunia.com/advisories/30230
- www.securityfocus.com28444http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28444
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-03http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml
- security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-08:05http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1124http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1124/references
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.7p1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.7p1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.7p1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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