National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1657

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/03/2008)

Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of OpenSSH as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-260A

Name: TA08-260A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html

External Source: BID

Name: 28531

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28531

External Source: OPENBSD

Name: [4.3] 001: SECURITY FIX: March 30, 2008

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.openbsd.org/errata43.html#001_openssh

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1035

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1035/references

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2419

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2419

External Source: XF

Name: openssh-forcecommand-command-execution(41549)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41549

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-649-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-649-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1019733

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019733

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080404 rPSA-2008-0139-1 gnome-ssh-askpass openssh openssh-client openssh-server

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/490488/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.9

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.9

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:098

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:098

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200804-03

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2584

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2584

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2396

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2396

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1624

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0139

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0139

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html

Hyperlink:http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32110

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32110

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32080

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32080

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31882

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31882

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31531

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31531

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30361

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30361

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29939

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29939

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29735

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29735

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29693

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29693

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29683

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29683

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29609

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29609

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29602

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29602

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:009

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-09-15

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc

Hyperlink:http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc

External Source: NETBSD

Name: NetBSD-SA2008-005

Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc