CVE - CVE-2008-3844

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-3844	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BID:30794 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794 CONFIRM:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm CONFIRM:http://www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.html REDHAT:RHSA-2008:0855 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html SECTRACK:1020730 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020730 SECUNIA:31575 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31575 SECUNIA:32241 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32241 VUPEN:ADV-2008-2821 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821~~ (Obsolete source) XF:openssh-rhel-backdoor(44747) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44747
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080827	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080827)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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