CVE-2008-5161
Low · 3.7CVSS
3.7
EPSS
18.6%
Published
Nov 19, 2008
CISA due date
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The record
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:10 | openssh | 0 | 1:5.1p1-5 |
| Debian:11 | openssh | 0 | 1:5.1p1-5 |
| Debian:12 | openssh | 0 | 1:5.1p1-5 |
| Debian:13 | openssh | 0 | 1:5.1p1-5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | openssh | 0 | 0:4.3p2-36.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | openssh-askpass | 0 | 0:4.3p2-36.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | openssh-clients | 0 | 0:4.3p2-36.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | openssh-debuginfo | 0 | 0:4.3p2-36.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | openssh-server | 0 | 0:4.3p2-36.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | openssh | 0 | 0:4.3p2-36.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | openssh-askpass | 0 | 0:4.3p2-36.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | openssh-clients | 0 | 0:4.3p2-36.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | openssh-debuginfo | 0 | 0:4.3p2-36.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | openssh-server | 0 | 0:4.3p2-36.el5 |
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