Ask the Community
Groups
CVE-2016-1908 openssh: possible fallback from untrusted to trusted X11 forwarding - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h3 data-id="cve-id"><strong>CVE ID</strong></h3> <p>CVE-2016-1908</p> <h3 data-id="description"><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong></h3> <p>An access flaw was discovered in OpenSSH; the OpenSSH client did not correctly handle failures to generate authentication cookies for untrusted X11 forwarding. A malicious or compromised remote X application could possibly use this flaw to establish a trusted connection to the local X server, even if only untrusted X11 forwarding was requested.</p> <h3 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h3> <p></p> <ul><li>CentOS6 Unitrends' appliances (physical and/or virtual), fix is in openssh-5.3p1-117.el6. This was fixed in Unitrends software release-10.3.8. Please upgrade to latest version.</li> <li>CentOS7 Unitrends' appliances (physical and/or virtual) are not affected by this CVE.</li> </ul><h3 data-id="link-to-advisories"><strong>LINK TO ADVISORIES</strong></h3> <p></p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Faccess.redhat.com%2Fsecurity%2Fcve%2FCVE-2016-1908">https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1908</a></li></ul> </article> </main>