CVE-2008-1657
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
OpenSSH 4.4 up to versions before 4.9 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the sshd_config ForceCommand directive by modifying the .ssh/rc session file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1658)
- Published
- April 2, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1658 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openbsd / openssh
- openbsd / openssh
- openbsd / openssh
- openbsd / openssh
- openbsd / openssh
- 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://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/29602(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29609(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29683(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29693(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29735(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29939(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30361(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31531(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31882(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32080(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32110(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0139
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:098
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata43.html#001_openssh(Patch)
- http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.9(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490488/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28531(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019733
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-649-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1035/references(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41549
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2419
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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