CVE-2007-4752

openssh falls back to the trusted x11 cookie if generation of an untrusted cookie fails

Published Sep 12, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
ssh in OpenSSH before 4.7 does not properly handle when an untrusted cookie cannot be created and uses a trusted X11 cookie instead, which allows attackers to violate intended policy and gain privileges by causing an X client to be treated as trusted.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1576-1 New openssh packages fix predictable randomness
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-4733 ssh in OpenSSH before 4.7 does not properly handle when an untrusted cookie cannot be created and uses a trusted X11 cookie instead, which allows attackers to violate intended policy and gain privileges by causing an X client to be treated as trusted.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-566-1 OpenSSH vulnerability
References
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191321 cve-icon cve-icon
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 cve-icon cve-icon
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01271085 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27399 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30249 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31575 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32241 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-02.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3126 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:236 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.7 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479760/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483748/100/200/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25628 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-566-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3156 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280471 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36637 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1706 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4752 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10809 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5599 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4752 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00214.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:08 PM
Reserved
Sep 7, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 12, 2007, 1:17 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 4, 2007, 12:00 AM