{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2008-05-16T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "openssh: SO_REUSEADDR insecure for X11 forwarding sockets on some platforms",
    "id" : "456426",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456426"
  },
  "details" : [ "OpenSSH 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." ],
  "statement" : "Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of openssh as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.",
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3259\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3259" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2008-3259",
  "csaw" : false
}