CVE-2008-3844

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3844
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-27 20:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCertain Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 packages for OpenSSH, as signed in August 2008 using a legitimate Red Hat GPG key, contain an externally introduced modification (Trojan Horse) that allows the package authors to have an unknown impact. NOTE: since the malicious packages were not distributed from any official Red Hat sources, the scope of this issue is restricted to users who may have obtained these packages through unofficial distribution points. As of 20080827, no unofficial distributions of this software are known.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openbsd Openssh All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.5.z All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.5.z All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 All client All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Red Hat Update for Tampered OpenSSH Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - OpenSSH for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Packages May Have Been Compromised af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Avaya Products Red Hat Tampered OpenSSH Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Not Applicable
ASA-2008-399 (RHSA-2008-0855) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
redhat.com | OpenSSH blacklist script af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Red Hat OpenSSH Backdoor Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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