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CVE-2008-1483

OpenSSH 4.3p2, and probably other versions, allows local users to hijack forwarded X connections...

6.9 MediumFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

0.35%Down 1.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.9

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.

Record
CVE-2008-1483
CVSS 2.0
6.9 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-264
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-1483
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-1485 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-1485
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m4xr-866g-83x6 No score

OpenSSH 4.3p2, and probably other versions, allows local users to hijack forwarded X connections...

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.

Record
GHSA-m4xr-866g-83x6
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-1483
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1483 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1483
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11124-1 No score

openssh-8.4p1-7.4 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the openssh-8.4p1-7.4 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11124-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:3230-1 No score

Security update for openssh

This update for openssh fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2017-15906: Stricter checking of operations in read-only mode in sftp server (bsc#1065000).

Bug fixes:

  • FIPS: Startup selfchecks (bsc#1068310).
  • FIPS: Silent complaints about unsupported key exchange methods (bsc#1006166).
  • Refine handling of sockets for X11 forwarding to remove reintroduced CVE-2008-1483 (bsc#1069509).
  • Test configuration before running daemon to prevent looping resulting in service shutdown (bsc#1048367)
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:3230-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2275-1 No score

Security update for openssh

This update for openssh fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2016-10012: Fix pre-auth compression checks that could be optimized away (bsc#1016370).
  • CVE-2016-10708: Fix remote denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an out-of-sequence NEWKEYSmessage (bsc#1076957).
  • CVE-2017-15906: Fix r/o sftp-server zero byte file creation (bsc#1065000).
  • CVE-2008-1483: Fix accidental re-introduction of CVE-2008-1483 (bsc#1069509).

Bug fixes:

  • bsc#1017099: Match conditions with uppercase hostnames fail (bsc#1017099)
  • bsc#1053972: supportedKeyExchanges diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 is duplicated (bsc#1053972)
  • bsc#1023275: Messages suppressed after upgrade from SLES 11 SP3 to SP4 (bsc#1023275)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2275-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2685-1 No score

Security update for openssh

This update for openssh provides the following fixes:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2017-15906: Stricter checking of operations in read-only mode in sftp server (bsc#1065000).
  • CVE-2016-10012: Remove pre-auth compression support from the server to prevent possible cryptographic attacks (bsc#1016370).
  • CVE-2008-1483: Refine handling of sockets for X11 forwarding to remove reintroduced CVE-2008-1483 (bsc#1069509).
  • CVE-2016-10708: Prevent DoS due to crashes caused by out-of-sequence NEWKEYS message (bsc#1076957).

Bug fixes:

  • bsc#1017099: Enable case-insensitive hostname matching.
  • bsc#1023275: Add a new switch for printing diagnostic messages in sftp client's batch mode.
  • bsc#1048367: systemd integration to work around various race conditions.
  • bsc#1053972: Remove duplicate KEX method.
  • bsc#1092582: Add missing piece of systemd integration.
  • Remove the limit on the amount of tasks sshd can run.
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2685-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2719-1 No score

Security update for openssh-openssl1

This update for openssh-openssl1 fixes the following issues:

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2016-10708: Prevent NULL pointer dereference via an out-of-sequence NEWKEYS message allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1076957).
  • CVE-2017-15906: The process_open function did not properly prevent write operations in readonly mode, which allowed attackers to create zero-length files (bsc#1065000).
  • CVE-2016-10012: The shared memory manager (associated with pre-authentication compression) did not ensure that a bounds check is enforced by all compilers, which might have allowed local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a sandboxed privilege-separation process, related to the m_zback and m_zlib data structures (bsc#1016370).
  • CVE-2008-1483: Prevent local users from hijacking forwarded X connections by causing ssh to set DISPLAY to :10, even when another process is listening on the associated port. This problem was reontroduced by another patch and was previously fixed by another update (bsc#1069509).

These non-security issues were fixed:

  • Remove duplicate KEX method (bsc#1053972)
  • New switch for printing diagnostic messages in sftp client's batch mode (bsc#1023275)
  • Enable case-insensitive hostname matching (bsc#1017099)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2719-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openssh
Debian:12
before 1:4.7p1-5
1:4.7p1-5
openssh
Debian:13
before 1:4.7p1-5
1:4.7p1-5
openssh
Debian:14
before 1:4.7p1-5
1:4.7p1-5
openssh
Debian:4.0
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1:4.3p2-9etch2, plus listed versions
1:4.3p2-91:4.3p2-9etch1
1:4.3p2-9etch2
openssh
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-askpass
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-askpass-gnome
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openssh
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-askpass
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-askpass-gnome
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-askpass
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-askpass-gnome
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-askpass
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-askpass-gnome
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
0:3.9p1-8.RHEL4.9
openssh
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.1
7.2p2-74.11.1
openssh-askpass-gnome
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.3
7.2p2-74.11.3
openssh
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.1
7.2p2-74.11.1
openssh-askpass-gnome
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.3
7.2p2-74.11.3
openssh
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.1
7.2p2-74.11.1
openssh-askpass-gnome
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.3
7.2p2-74.11.3
openssh
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.1
7.2p2-74.11.1
openssh-askpass-gnome
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.3
7.2p2-74.11.3
openssh
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.1
7.2p2-74.11.1
openssh-askpass-gnome
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.3
7.2p2-74.11.3
openssh
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.1
7.2p2-74.11.1
openssh-askpass-gnome
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.3
7.2p2-74.11.3
openssh
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.1
7.2p2-74.11.1
openssh-askpass-gnome
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.2p2-74.11.3
7.2p2-74.11.3
openssh
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 6.6p1-36.3.1
6.6p1-36.3.1
openssh-askpass-gnome
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 6.6p1-36.3.1
6.6p1-36.3.1
openssh
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 6.6p1-36.3.1
6.6p1-36.3.1
openssh-askpass-gnome
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 6.6p1-36.3.1
6.6p1-36.3.1
openssh
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 6.6p1-54.15.2
6.6p1-54.15.2
openssh-askpass-gnome
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 6.6p1-54.15.1
6.6p1-54.15.1
openssh
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 6.6p1-54.15.2
6.6p1-54.15.2
openssh-askpass-gnome
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 6.6p1-54.15.1
6.6p1-54.15.1
openssh
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 6.6p1-54.15.2
6.6p1-54.15.2
openssh-askpass-gnome
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 6.6p1-54.15.1
6.6p1-54.15.1
openssh-openssl1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 6.6p1-19.3.1
6.6p1-19.3.1
openssh
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 8.4p1-7.4
8.4p1-7.4

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
aliases
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-1483 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Openbsd Openssh, published March 24, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 28th percentile. Fixed in openssh 1:4.7p1-5.

References

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