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SUSE-SR:2008:009:vuln1: OpenSSH X access leakage and ForceCommand bypass

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SUSE-SR:2008:009:vuln1: OpenSSH X access leakage and ForceCommand bypass

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/11/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/21/2008
Modified
11/18/2015

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.

Solution(s)

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