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CVE-2008-3234

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-07-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

sshd in OpenSSH 4 on Debian GNU/Linux, and the 20070303 OpenSSH snapshot, allows remote authenticated users to obtain access to arbitrary SELinux roles by appending a :/ (colon slash) sequence, followed by the role name, to the username.

Affected products

• OpenSSH: 4.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30276
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44037
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6094
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30276
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44037
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6094

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