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CVE-2008-3259
OpenSSH before 5.1 sets the SO_REUSEADDR socket option when the X11UseLocalhost configuration setting is disabled, which allows local…
Low1.2EPSS 0.33%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- ADV-2008-2148 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openssh-x11forwarding-info-disclosure(43940) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://openssh.com/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1020537 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-5.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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