CVE-2008-3844

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

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 products

OpenSSH: all versions

References

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

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