CVE-2008-1657

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1657
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-02 18:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionOpenSSH 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.4 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.4p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.5 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.6 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.7 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Reflection for Secure IT Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0139 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
NetBSD update for OpenSSH - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenBSD 4.3 errata af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openbsd.org Patch
IBM AIX update for OpenSSH - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
OpenSSH: Privilege escalation — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
SUSE update for openssh and opera - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rPath update for OpenSSH - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenBSD OpenSSH ForceCommand Bypass Weakness - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenSSH ForceCommand Command Execution Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA32110 - Ubuntu update for openssh-server - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
OpenSSH ForceCommand Bypass Weakness - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2008-09-15 Mac OS X v10.5.5 and Security Update 2008-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openssh.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA32080 - Ubuntu update for openssh-server - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.attachmate.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:098 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2419 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-260A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
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SecurityTracker.com Archives - OpenSSH Unsafe Default Configuration May Let Local Users Execute Arbitrary Commands af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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Gentoo update for openssh - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aix.software.ibm.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-04-03Mark J CoxNot 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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