Is CVE-2008-5161 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-5161 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-5161?

CVE-2008-5161 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.7 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-5161?

CVE-2008-5161 has an EPSS score of 15.39% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5161?

Upgrade openssh on debian 11 to 1:5.1p1-5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-5161

LOWEPSS 96th pctl

3.7

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-200Information Exposure CWE-329

How to fix

Remediation Available

opensshDebian

Fixed in:1:5.1p1-5CVE-2008-5161

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

15.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

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