CVE-2008-1483

Published: 24 March 2008

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
openssh Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (1:4.2p1-7ubuntu3.3)
	edgy	Released (1:4.3p2-5ubuntu1.2)
	feisty	Released (1:4.3p2-8ubuntu1.2)
	gutsy	Released (1:4.6p1-5ubuntu0.2)
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-597-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1483
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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