--- title: "CVE-2008-1483\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1483?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-1483 Publication date 24 March 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | openssh | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1:4.6p1-5ubuntu0.2 | | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1:4.3p2-8ubuntu1.2 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1:4.3p2-5ubuntu1.2 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1:4.2p1-7ubuntu3.3 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1483) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1483) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-1483) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1483) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-597-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-597-1) + OpenSSH vulnerability + 1 April 2008 ### Other references *