CVE-2008-3844
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · Improper input validation
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31575Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32241Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020730Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htmAdvisory
- http://www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821