OpenSSH SSH Client X11 and Agent Forwarding Vulnerability

OpenSSH SSH Client X11 and Agent Forwarding Vulnerability

CVE-2000-1169 · HIGH Severity

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

OpenSSH SSH client before 2.3.0 does not properly disable X11 or agent forwarding, which could allow a malicious SSH server to gain access to the X11 display and sniff X11 events, or gain access to the ssh-agent.

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