01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-08-27 20:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-08-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c0c359559b4d29049ace41b986a680336ee33a433198be2eb3aa5339f9f383cc
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm
- www.redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2821http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821
- secunia.com31575http://secunia.com/advisories/31575
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0855http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenssh-rhel-backdoor(44747)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44747
- securitytracker.com1020730http://securitytracker.com/id?1020730
- www.securityfocus.com30794http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794
- secunia.com32241http://secunia.com/advisories/32241