CVE-2008-3259

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3259
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-22 16:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionOpenSSH 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.2.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.2.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.2.27 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.2.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.5 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.5.7 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 1.5.8 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.1.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.3.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.5 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.5.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.5.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.9 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.9.9 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.9.9p2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.9p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 2.9p2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.0 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.0.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.0.1p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.0.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.0.2p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.0p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.1p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.2.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.2.2p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.2.3p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.3p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.4 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.4p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.5 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.5p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.6 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.6.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.6.1p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.6.1p2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.7 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.7.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.7.1p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.7.1p2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.8 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.8.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.8.1p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.9 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.9.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 3.9.1p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.0 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.0p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.1p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.2 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.2p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.3 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.3p1 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.3p2 All All All
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
Application Openbsd Openssh 4.9 All All All
Application Openbsd Openssh All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenSSH "X11UseLocalhost" X11 Forwarding Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
OpenSSH on HP-UX Lets Local Users Hijack X11 Sessions - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
www.openssh.com/txt/release-5.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openssh.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
OpenSSH Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openssh.com
OpenSSH 'X11UseLocalhost' X11 Forwarding Session Hijacking Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-07-23Tomas HogerNot 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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