Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-597-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Timo Juhani Lindfors discovered that the OpenSSH client, when port forwarding was requested, would listen on any available address family.
A local attacker could exploit this flaw on systems with IPv6 enabled to hijack connections, including X11 forwards.
Affected
openssh vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 6.10 ,
Ubuntu 7.04 ,
Ubuntu 7.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-1483 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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