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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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CVE-2008-3844 Detail

Current 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.


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Evaluator Description

This alert is primarily for those who may obtain Red Hat binary packages via channels other than those of official Red Hat subscribers. Packages obtained by Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscribers via Red Hat Network are not at risk. Redhat has provided a shell script which lists the affected packages and can verify that none of them are installed on a system at the following location: https://www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist-1.0.sh

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Hyperlink Resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020730 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html Not Applicable 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821 Broken Link 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44747

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3844
NVD Published Date:
08/27/2008
NVD Last Modified:
08/07/2017
Source:
MITRE