National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3259
Original release date:07/22/2008
Last revised:09/11/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
OpenSSH before 5.1 sets the SO_REUSEADDR socket option when the X11UseLocalhost configuration setting is disabled, which allows local users on some platforms to hijack the X11 forwarding port via a bind to a single IP address, as demonstrated on the HP-UX platform.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
1.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
- Official Statement from Red Hat (07/23/2008)
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of openssh as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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External Source: XF
Name: openssh-x11forwarding-info-disclosure(43940)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020537
External Source: BID
Name: 30339
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-5.1
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2148
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31179
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://openssh.com/security.html