Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-3844 First vendor Publication 2008-08-27
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-08-08

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3844

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21987
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21987
Title: ELSA-2008:0855: openssh security update (Critical)
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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2008:0855-01
CVE-2007-4752
CVE-2008-3844
Version: 13
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): openssh
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29192
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29192
Title: RHSA-2008:0855 -- openssh security update (Critical)
Description: Updated openssh packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Extended Update Support. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2008:0855
CESA-2008:0855-CentOS 5
CVE-2007-4752
CVE-2008-3844
Version: 3
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Product(s): openssh
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for openssh RHSA-2008:0855-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0855-01_openssh.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
47635 OpenSSH Packages on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compromised Distribution

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2008-08-28 IAVM : 2008-T-0046 - Red Hat OpenSSH Vulnerability
Severity : Category II - VMSKEY : V0017144

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0855.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0855.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0855.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-22 Name : The remote host has a compromised version of an OpenSSH-related package insta...
File : rhel_compromised_ssh_package.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794
CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm
http://www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.html
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1020730
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/31575
http://secunia.com/advisories/32241
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44747

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