Description
OpenSSH 4.4 up to versions before 4.9 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the sshd_config ForceCommand directive by modifying the .ssh/rc session file.
Published: 2008-04-02
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-1658 OpenSSH 4.4 up to versions before 4.9 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the sshd_config ForceCommand directive by modifying the .ssh/rc session file.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-649-1 OpenSSH vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc cve-icon cve-icon
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29602 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29609 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29683 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29693 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29735 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29939 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30361 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31531 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32080 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32110 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0139 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:098 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openbsd.org/errata43.html#001_openssh cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.9 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490488/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28531 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019733 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-649-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1035/references cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41549 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2419 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1657 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:32:01.162Z

Reserved: 2008-04-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1657

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-04-02T18:44:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1657

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-03-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-1657 - Bugzilla

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