CVE-2008-4109
A certain Debian patch for OpenSSH before 4.3p2-9etch3 on etch; before 4.6p1-1 on sid and lenny; and on other distributions such as SUSE uses functions that are not async-signal-safe in the signal
02 Description
A certain Debian patch for OpenSSH before 4.3p2-9etch3 on etch; before 4.6p1-1 on sid and lenny; and on other distributions such as SUSE uses functions that are not async-signal-safe in the signal
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 28.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.1% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2008-09-17 18:06Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5610f2778654506f8209ef9575a22067396e0bd1a66d0599ac8ee4eecd914071
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-649-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-649-1
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenssh-signalhandler-dos(45202)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45202
- secunia.com31885http://secunia.com/advisories/31885
- www.securitytracker.com1020891http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020891
- www.debian.orgDSA-1638http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1638
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:020http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html
- secunia.com32080http://secunia.com/advisories/32080
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498678
- secunia.com32181http://secunia.com/advisories/32181
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240701 CVE-2024-6387: RCE in OpenSSH's server, on glibc-based Linux systemshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/01/3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.6p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.6p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.6p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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