CVE-2016-1908

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.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298741	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=ed4ce82dbfa8a3a3c8ea6fa0db113c71e234416c	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.2	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/15/13	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84427	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034705	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0741.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0465.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-::::::

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:::::::*

Information

Published : 2017-04-11 11:59

Updated : 2022-12-13 04:15

NVD link : CVE-2016-1908

Mitre link : CVE-2016-1908

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux_desktop
enterprise_linux_server_aus
enterprise_linux_workstation
enterprise_linux_server_tus
enterprise_linux_server
enterprise_linux_eus

openbsd

openssh

debian

debian_linux

oracle

linux

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9.8 /10