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TI-2008-03683 Aliases CVE-2008-3844GHSA-mmff-h39g-hgff

Certain Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 packages for OpenSSH, as signed in August…

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02662 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5.z:*:as:*:*:*:*:*4.5.zRunning onRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5.z:*:es:*:*:*:*:*4.5.zRunning onRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0Running onRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4Running onRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5:*:client:*:*:*:*:*5Running onRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableOpenBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5.z:*:as:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.z Running on ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5.z:*:es:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.z Running on ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Running on ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4 Running on ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5:*:client:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5 Running on ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·OpenBSD

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2008:0855 Released 2008-08-22 · Red Hat rating Critical
    openssh security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) openssh-4.3p2-26.el5_2.1, openssh-4.3p2-26.el5_2.1.i386, openssh-4.3p2-26.el5_2.1.ia64 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EUS (v. 4.5) openssh-3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20, openssh-3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20.i386, openssh-3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20.ia64 +17
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_7, openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_7.i386, openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_7.ia64 +17
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) openssh-4.3p2-26.el5_2.1, openssh-4.3p2-26.el5_2.1.i386, openssh-askpass-4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_7, openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_7.i386, openssh-askpass-3.9p1-11.el4_7 +7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES EUS (v. 4.5) openssh-3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20, openssh-3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20.i386, openssh-3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20.ia64 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_7, openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_7.i386, openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_7.ia64 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_7, openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_7.i386, openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_7.ia64 +12

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2008:0855
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EUS (v. 4.5)Fixed RHSA-2008:0855
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0855
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2008:0855
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0855
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES EUS (v. 4.5)Fixed RHSA-2008:0855
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0855
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0855

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-3844
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mmff-h39g-hgff

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2023-19792 The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-05929 Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2023-10601 OpenSSH server (sshd) 9.1 introduced a double-free vulnerability during… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2018-11033 OpenSSH through 7.7 is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability due to not delaying… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2016-08105 Untrusted search path vulnerability in ssh-agent.c in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 7.4… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
  • TI-2023-28040 In ssh in OpenSSH before 9.6, OS command injection might occur if a user name or host… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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