National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2000-1169

Overview

OpenSSH SSH client before 2.3.0 does not properly disable X11 or agent forwarding, which could allow a malicious SSH server to gain access to the X11 display and sniff X11 events, or gain access to the ssh-agent.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: BID

Name: 1949

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1949

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20001123 OpenSSH Security Advisory (adv.fwd)

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0195.html

External Source: XF

Name: openssh-unauthorized-access(5517)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/5517

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2000:111

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-111.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 6248

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/6248

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 2114

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/2114

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2000:068

Hyperlink:http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-068.php3

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: 20001118 openssh: possible remote exploit

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001118

External Source: SUSE

Name: SuSE-SA:2000:47

Hyperlink:http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-security-announce/2000-Nov/0004.html

External Source: CONECTIVA

Name: CLSA-2000:345

Hyperlink:http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000345

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20001115 Trustix Security Advisory - bind and openssh (and modutils)

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0217.html