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 (9)
Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-399.htm
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.redhat.com/security/data/openssh-blacklist.html
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2821
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31575
Not Applicable vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0855.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44747
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020730
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30794
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32241
Scores
EPSS
0.0275
EPSS Percentile
86.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (1)
openbsd/openssh
Published
Aug 27, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026