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Sun Solaris SSH X11 Forwarding Vulnerability Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA30086  
Release Date: 2008-05-07

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

OS:Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 9


CVE reference:CVE-2008-1483 (Secunia mirror)



Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in SSH included in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information or potentially perform actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA29522

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 9 and 10 for both the SPARC and x86 platforms.

Solution:
Apply Interim Security Relief (ISR).
http://sunsolve.sun.com/tpatches

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 9: IDR137882-03
Solaris 10: IDR137880-04

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 9: IDR137883-03
Solaris 10: IDR137881-04

A final resolution is pending completion.

Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-237444-1

Other References:
SA29522:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29522/

Extended Solution:
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