CVE-2008-3844
Certain Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 packages for OpenSSH, as signed in August 2008...
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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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.
- Record
CVE-2008-3844- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-3844- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-3830 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2008-3830- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mmff-h39g-hgff No score
Certain Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 packages for OpenSSH, as signed in August 2008...
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.
- Record
GHSA-mmff-h39g-hgff- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
opensshRed Hat:rhel_eus:4.5::as |
before 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 |
openssh-askpassRed Hat:rhel_eus:4.5::as |
before 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 |
openssh-askpass-gnomeRed Hat:rhel_eus:4.5::as |
before 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 |
openssh-clientsRed Hat:rhel_eus:4.5::as |
before 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 |
openssh-debuginfoRed Hat:rhel_eus:4.5::as |
before 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 |
openssh-serverRed Hat:rhel_eus:4.5::as |
before 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 |
opensshRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-askpassRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-askpass-gnomeRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-clientsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openssh-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-serverRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
opensshRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-askpassRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-askpass-gnomeRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-clientsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-serverRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
opensshRed Hat:rhel_eus:4.5::es |
before 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 |
openssh-askpassRed Hat:rhel_eus:4.5::es |
before 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 |
openssh-askpass-gnomeRed Hat:rhel_eus:4.5::es |
before 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 |
openssh-clientsRed Hat:rhel_eus:4.5::es |
before 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 |
openssh-debuginfoRed Hat:rhel_eus:4.5::es |
before 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 |
openssh-serverRed Hat:rhel_eus:4.5::es |
before 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 | 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20 |
opensshRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-askpassRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-askpass-gnomeRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-clientsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-serverRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
opensshRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-askpassRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-askpass-gnomeRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-clientsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
openssh-serverRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws |
before 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 | 0:3.9p1-11.el4_7 |
opensshRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 | 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 |
openssh-askpassRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 | 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 |
openssh-clientsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 | 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 |
openssh-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 | 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 |
openssh-serverRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client |
before 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 | 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 |
opensshRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server |
before 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 | 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 |
openssh-askpassRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server |
before 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 | 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 |
openssh-clientsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server |
before 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 | 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 |
openssh-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server |
before 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 | 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 |
openssh-serverRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server |
before 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 | 0:4.3p2-26.el5_2.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-3844 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Openbsd Openssh, published August 27, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.66%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in openssh 0:3.9p1-10.RHEL4.20.
References
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm
redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.html
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821
secunia.com/advisories/31575
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44747
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securitytracker.com/id?1020730
securityfocus.com/bid/30794
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3844
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmff-h39g-hgff
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0855
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280361
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0855.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4752