CVE-2008-3844

N/A
Published: August 27, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSSH· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-desktop (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (9)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/31575
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/32241
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020730
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATNot Applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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