Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in OpenSSH - CVE-2008-1483

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in OpenSSH - CVE-2008-1483

Published: February 14, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU103988
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1483
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A local user can 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 software

OpenSSH
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for BladeCenter Systems
System x Integrated Management Module (IMM2)
Flex System Integrated Management Module (IMM2)
Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)

How to mitigate CVE-2008-1483

Install updates from vendor's website.

Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot - update to dsyte2z-9.65
System x Integrated Management Module (IMM2) - update to 1AOO86D-7.00
Flex System Integrated Management Module (IMM2) - update to 1AOO86D-7.00
Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for BladeCenter Systems - update to 1AOO86D-7.00-bc
Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) - update to 2pet16d-2.5.13d

External References

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