CVE-2008-3259 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://openssh.com/security.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31179 http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-5.1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30339 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020537 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2148 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43940