CVE-2008-1483
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1485)
- Published
- March 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1485 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openbsd / openssh
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29522(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29537(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29554(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29626(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29676(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29683(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29686(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29721(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29735(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29873(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29939(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30086(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30230(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30249(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30347
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30361(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31531(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31882(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:05.openssh.asc
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=590180&group_id=69227
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237444-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019235.1-1
- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2008-1483
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0120
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml
- http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2008/04/msg00000.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:078
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490054/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28444
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019707
- http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.540188
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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