Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-1483
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.
Threat overview for CVE-2008-1483
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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
22
IPs affected by CVE-2008-1483 28,531
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1483
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.05%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 13 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-1483
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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6.9
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MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
3.4
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10.0
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CWE ids for CVE-2008-1483
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2008-1483
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Red Hat 2010-03-19All 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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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1124/references
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http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41438
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019235.1-1
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http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0120
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1123/references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1526/references
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http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841
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http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=590180&group_id=69227
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http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2008-1483
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019707
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1630/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6085
- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1448/references
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https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2397
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http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.540188
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:078
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237444-1
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0994/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
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http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml
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http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576
[SECURITY] [DSA 1576-1] New openssh packages fix predictable randomness
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28444
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http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2008/04/msg00000.html
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/597-1/
- cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:4.3p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*