CVE-2008-1483

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.

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.14%
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References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1483?
CVE-2008-1483 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1483?
To fix CVE-2008-1483, 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-2008-1483 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-1483 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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