security flaw
Published Aug 27, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.66%
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
No data.
Running on/with
- 4.5.z
- 4.5.z
- 5.0
- 4
- 5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
openssh-0:3.9p1-11.el4_7
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0855
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Z Stream
openssh-0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0855
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
openssh-0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0855
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | openssh-0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0855 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Z Stream | openssh-0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0855 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssh-0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0855 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02662) | 85.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.67% (0.02674) | 83.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 24, 2025 | 2.75% (0.02746) | 85.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.14% (0.01138) | 76.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.16% (0.02156) | 73.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 1.14% (0.01138) | 76.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 2.16% (0.02156) | 82.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 1.14% (0.01138) | 76.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 2.16% (0.02156) | 82.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.14% (0.01138) | 76.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.40% (0.01396) | 86.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2024 | 1.40% (0.01396) | 86.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.40% (0.01396) | 84.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31575 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32241 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020730 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATNot Applicable
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3844 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618333 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44747 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3844
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3844
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.