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DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1483

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1483 PUBLISHED

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.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13openssh0, 0, 0
Debian:14openssh0, 0, 0
Debian:11openssh0, 0, 0
Debian:12openssh0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Mar 24, 2008 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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