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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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-03-24T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:24:42.118Z

Reserved: 2008-03-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-1483

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-03-24T23:44:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:44:38.780

Link: CVE-2008-1483

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-01-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-1483 - Bugzilla