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openssh — security advisory
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.
- Products
- openssh
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:4.7p1-8
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-1657
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1657
openssh
Fixed versions: 1:4.7p1-8
openssh
Fixed versions: 1:4.7p1-8
openssh
Fixed versions: 1:4.7p1-8
Complete source record
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