CVE-2007-4752

Description

ssh in OpenSSH before 4.7 does not properly handle when an untrusted cookie cannot be created and uses a trusted X11 cookie instead, which allows attackers to violate intended policy and gain privileges by causing an X client to be treated as trusted.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.37% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.7
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-02.xml vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10809 signature vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25628 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479760/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00214.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-566-1 vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3126 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30249 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3156 vdb entry
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01271085 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31575 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:236 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5599 signature vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280471
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483748/100/200/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/27399 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36637 vdb entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1706 patch
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191321
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32241 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4752?
CVE-2007-4752 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4752?
To fix CVE-2007-4752, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-4752 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-4752 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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