CVE-2008-1657

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

OpenSSH: 4.4, 4.4p1, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8

References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29602
http://secunia.com/advisories/29609
http://secunia.com/advisories/29683
http://secunia.com/advisories/29693
http://secunia.com/advisories/29735
http://secunia.com/advisories/29939
http://secunia.com/advisories/30361
http://secunia.com/advisories/31531

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