CVE-2015-5352
Description
It was found that the OpenSSH client did not properly enforce the ForwardX11Timeout setting. A malicious or compromised remote X application could possibly use this flaw to establish a trusted connection to the local X server, even if only untrusted X11 forwarding was requested.
Statement
This issue does not affect the version of openssh package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. This issue affects the version of openssh package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.9 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Access Complexity | Medium | Medium | N/A |
| Authentication | Single | None | N/A |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial | None | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | Partial | N/A |
| Availability Impact | Partial | None | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
NVD: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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