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CVE-2008-5161

Published: Nov 19, 2008Updated: May 28, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-200
NVD MITRE
3.7CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
15.4%
Top 3.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200CWE-329

Affected Products

Gentoo LinuxGentoo Foundation Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
opensshopenbsd
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
tectia clientssh
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
tectia connectorssh
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
gentoo foundation inc.oss-projectUSOperating Systems
openbsdoss-projectCAOperating Systemsaka openbsd
sshcommercialNetworking Infrastructure
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Collection
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References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-06.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/89
securityreason.com
http://seb.dbzteam.org/crypto/jpake-session-key-retrieval.pdf
seb.dbzteam.org
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Timeline

Published
Nov 19, 2008
Last Updated
May 28, 2026

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