PT-1998-1161 · Openssh · Openssh

Published 1998-12-29 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-1999-1159

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenSSH versions prior to 2.0.11

Description The issue allows local users to request remote forwarding from privileged ports without being root.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.11, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1159

Affected Products

Openssh

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1159 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91495920911490&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1471 · Note