CVE-2008-3844

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5.z:*:as:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5.z:*:es:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5:*:client:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:50

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/31575 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/31575 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/32241 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/32241 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References () http://securitytracker.com/id?1020730 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://securitytracker.com/id?1020730 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm - Third Party Advisory () http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.html - Third Party Advisory () http://www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html - Not Applicable () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html - Not Applicable
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821 - Broken Link () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821 - Broken Link
References () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44747 - () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44747 -

Information

Published : 2008-08-27 20:41

Updated : 2024-11-21 00:50


NVD link : CVE-2008-3844

Mitre link : CVE-2008-3844

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-3844


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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
  • enterprise_linux_desktop

openbsd

  • openssh
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation