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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-5161
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CVE-2008-5161

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46620

SUNALERT
  http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-247186-1

ST
  1021236
  1021382
  1021235

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA33308
  Secunia Advisory: SA32833
  Secunia Advisory: SA32760
  Secunia Advisory: SA32740
  Secunia Advisory: SA34857
  Secunia Advisory: SA33121

OSVDB
  49872
  50035
  50036

MISC
  http://www.cpni.gov.uk/Docs/Vulnerability_Advisory_SSH.txt
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-503.htm
  http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5366

HP
  http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2

CONFIRM
  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
  http://www.ssh.com/company/news/article/953/
  http://www.rtpro.yamaha.co.jp/RT/FAQ/Security/CPNI957037.html
  http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2398.html
  http://openssh.org/txt/cbc.adv

CERT-VN
  958563

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498579/100/0/threaded
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498558/100/0/threaded

BID
  32319

APPLE
  http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html


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