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CVE-2008-5161: openbsd openssh

CVSS: 3.7v3.1LowModified
AliasesRHSA-2009:1287DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5161
Published 19-11-2008Last modified 28-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5161 is a low (CVSS 3.7) vulnerability in openbsd openssh. EPSS estimates a 18.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.7/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
18.55%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1metasploit

Timeline

  1. 19-11-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

18.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 18.55% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
18.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteUnverified

    SSH Version Scanner

    auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_version

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat5 products
  • openssh< 0:4.3p2-36.el5
  • openssh-askpass< 0:4.3p2-36.el5
  • openssh-clients< 0:4.3p2-36.el5
  • openssh-debuginfo< 0:4.3p2-36.el5
  • openssh-server< 0:4.3p2-36.el5
Ssh4 products
  • tectia_client4.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.2 | 4.2.1 | 4.3 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.1j | 4.3.2 | 4.3.2j | 4.3.3 | 4.3.4 | 4.3.5 | 4.3.6 | 4.3.7 | 4.3.8k | 4.3.9k | 4.4 | 4.4.1 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.3 | 4.4.4 | 4.4.6 | 4.4.7 | 4.4.8 | 4.4.9 | 4.4.10 | 4.4.11 | 5.0.0 | 5.0.0f | 5.0.1 | 5.0.1f | 5.0.2 | 5.0.2f | 5.0.3 | 5.0.3f | 5.1.0 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.2 | 5.1.3 | 5.2.0 | 5.2.1 | 5.2.2 | 5.2.3 | 5.2.4 | 5.3.0 | 5.3.1 | 5.3.2 | 5.3.3 | 5.3.5 | 5.3.6 | 5.3.7 | 5.3.8 | 6.0.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.0.2 | 6.0.3 | 6.0.4
  • tectia_connector4.0.7 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.5 | 4.2.0 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.4 | 4.3.5 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.4 | 4.4.6 | 4.4.7 | 4.4.9 | 4.4.10 | 5.0.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 5.0.3 | 5.1.0 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.2 | 5.1.3 | 5.2.2 | 5.3.0 | 5.3.1 | 5.3.2 | 5.3.3 | 5.3.7 | 5.3.8
  • tectia_connectsecure6.0.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.0.2 | 6.0.3 | 6.0.4
  • tectia_server4.0 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.7 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.5 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.3 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.2 | 4.3.3 | 4.3.4 | 4.3.5 | 4.3.6 | 4.3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.1 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.4 | 4.4.5 | 4.4.6 | 4.4.7 | 4.4.8 | 4.4.9 | 4.4.10 | 4.4.11 | 5.0.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 5.0.3 | 5.1.0 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.2 | 5.1.3 | 5.2.0 | 5.2.1 | 5.2.2 | 5.2.3 | 5.2.4 | 5.3.0 | 5.3.1 | 5.3.2 | 5.3.3 | 5.3.4 | 5.3.5 | 5.3.6 | 5.3.7 | 5.3.8 | 5.4.0 | 5.4.1 | 5.4.2 | 5.5.0 | 5.5.1 | 6.0.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.0.2 | 6.0.3 | 6.0.4
Debian1 product
  • openssh< 1:5.1p1-5
Openbsd1 product

4 vendors · 11 products

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