Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 27, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-3844
CVE-2008-3844
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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References
9- secunia.com/advisories/31575nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32241nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htmnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.htmlnvdNot Applicable
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821nvdBroken Link
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44747nvd
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