# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-03-24 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1123/references
- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29554
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1526/references
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-205.htm
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1630/references
- http://www.globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2008/04/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29686
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31531
- http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.540188
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01462841
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41438
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/597-1/
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1019235.1-1
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463011
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2397
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30249
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2008-1483
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29735

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