CVE-2008-3844 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 all...
HighCVSS 9.3
EPSS 2.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| OpenBSD openssh | All versions | No fix listed |
References
- 31575 permissions-required third-party-advisory
- 32241 permissions-required third-party-advisory
- 1020730 third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- support.avaya.com third-party-advisory
- www.redhat.com third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0855 not-applicable vendor-advisory
- 30794 third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-2821 broken-link vdb-entry
- openssh-rhel-backdoor(44747) vdb-entry