CVE-2008-5161

SSH Version Scanner

Title source: metasploit

Description

Error handling in the SSH protocol in (1) SSH Tectia Client and Server and Connector 4.0 through 4.4.11, 5.0 through 5.2.4, and 5.3 through 5.3.8; Client and Server and ConnectSecure 6.0 through 6.0.4; Server for Linux on IBM System z 6.0.4; Server for IBM z/OS 5.5.1 and earlier, 6.0.0, and 6.0.1; and Client 4.0-J through 4.3.3-J and 4.0-K through 4.3.10-K; and (2) OpenSSH 4.7p1 and possibly other versions, when using a block cipher algorithm in Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode, makes it easier for remote attackers to recover certain plaintext data from an arbitrary block of ciphertext in an SSH session via unknown vectors.

Exploits (2)

nomisec SCANNER
by talha3117 · poc
https://github.com/talha3117/OpenSSH-4.7p1-CVE-2008-5161-Exploit
metasploit SCANNER
rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_version.rb

References (40)

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Scores

EPSS 0.0275
EPSS Percentile 86.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (50)
openbsd/openssh 4.7p1
ssh/tectia_client 4.0
ssh/tectia_client 4.0.1
ssh/tectia_client 4.0.3
ssh/tectia_client 4.0.4
ssh/tectia_client 4.0.5
ssh/tectia_client 4.2
ssh/tectia_client 4.2.1
ssh/tectia_client 4.3
ssh/tectia_client 4.3.1
... and 40 more
Published Nov 19, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026