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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3259
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-3259

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43940

ST
  1020537

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA31179

CONFIRM
  http://openssh.com/security.html
  http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-5.1

BID
  30339


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