CVE-2008-3844

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
Certain 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-3844
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-08-27T20:41:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T01:32:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5.z:*:as:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5.z:*:es:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5:*:client:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020730 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31575 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32241 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44747
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3844
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3844
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:06:23 Added to TrackCVE