{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:28Z",
  "published": "2008-11-19T17:30:00Z",
  "id": "CVE-2008-5161",
  "details": "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.",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1287.html"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32740"
    },
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    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32833"
    },
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      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33121"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33308"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/34857"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/36558"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.ssh.com/company/news/article/953/"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3172"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3173"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3409"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1135"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5366"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content\u0026id=JSA10705"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=125017764422557\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openssh.org/txt/cbc.adv"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/49872"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/50035"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/50036"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-247186-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2398.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-503.htm"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.cpni.gov.uk/Docs/Vulnerability_Advisory_SSH.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/958563"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.rtpro.yamaha.co.jp/RT/FAQ/Security/CPNI957037.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498558/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498579/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32319"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021235"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021236"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021382"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46620"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05157667"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content\u0026id=SB10106"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content\u0026id=SB10163"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11279"
    }
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