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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1483

Original release date: 03/24/2008
Last revised: 08/08/2014
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type: Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/19/2010)
All openssh versions shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 include the patch for this issue. This issue was fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-527.html Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is affected by this issue. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1483

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
Hyperlink: http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:009
Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm
Hyperlink: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm
External Source: MLIST
Name: [security-announce] 20080403 Globus Security Advisory 2008-01: GSI-OpenSSH vulnerability
Hyperlink: http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2008/04/msg00000.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2397
Hyperlink: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2397
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2584
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1526
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1526/references
External Source: FREEBSD
Name: FreeBSD-SA-08:05
Hyperlink: http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1124
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1124/references
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2008-095-01
Hyperlink: http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.540188
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-597-1
Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-597-1
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0994
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0994/references
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019707
Hyperlink: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019707
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0120
Hyperlink: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0120
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=590180&group_id=69227
Hyperlink: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=590180&group_id=69227
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2396
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200804-03
Hyperlink: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml
External Source: XF
Name: openssh-sshd-session-hijacking(41438)
Hyperlink: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41438
External Source: BID
Name: 28444
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28444
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1630
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1630/references
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080325 rPSA-2008-0120-1 gnome-ssh-askpass openssh openssh-client openssh-server
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded
External Source: CISCO
Name: 20130220 OpenSSH Forwarded X Connection Session Hijack Vulnerability
Hyperlink: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2008-1483
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 237444
Hyperlink: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237444-1
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02337
Hyperlink: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1576
Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1624
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-09-15
Hyperlink: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 1019235
Hyperlink: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019235.1-1
External Source: NETBSD
Name: NetBSD-SA2008-005
Hyperlink: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: CERT
Name: TA08-260A
Type: US Government Resource
Hyperlink: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6085
Hyperlink: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6085
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1448
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1448/references
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011
Hyperlink: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011
External Source: MISC
Name: http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc
Hyperlink: http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1123
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1123/references
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:078
Hyperlink: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:078

References to Check Content

Identifier: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6085
Check System: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6085

Vulnerable software and versions

+ Configuration 1
* OR
* cpe:/a:openbsd:openssh:4.3p2

* Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1483