CVE-2008-1483
Description
From CVE.org
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.
Statement
All openssh versions shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 include the patch for this issue. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is affected by this issue.
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