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CVE-2008-3844

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 2.67%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-08-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2008-3844
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
2.67%
Linux

Original NVD 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.