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CVE-2016-1908

critical · 9.8

The client in OpenSSH before 7.2 mishandles failed cookie generation for untrusted X11 forwarding and relies on the local X11 server for access-control decisions, which allows remote X11 clients to trigger a fallback and obtain trusted X11 forwarding privileges by leveraging configuration issues on this X11 server, as demonstrated by lack of the SECURITY extension on this X11 server.

9.8
CVSS
13.7%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2017-04-11
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
openbsdopenssh< 7.2
debiandebian_linux8.0
oraclelinux6
oraclelinux7
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop6.0
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop7.0
redhatenterprise_linux_eus7.2
redhatenterprise_linux_eus7.3
redhatenterprise_linux_eus7.4
redhatenterprise_linux_eus7.5
redhatenterprise_linux_eus7.6
redhatenterprise_linux_eus7.7
redhatenterprise_linux_server6.0
redhatenterprise_linux_server7.0
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus7.2
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus7.3
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus7.4
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus7.6
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus7.7
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus7.2
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus7.3
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus7.6
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus7.7
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation6.0
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation7.0

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References

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