CVE-2008-0299

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0299
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-01-16 23:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-08 01:29:00 UTC
Descriptioncommon.py in Paramiko 1.7.1 and earlier, when using threads or forked processes, does not properly use RandomPool, which allows one session to obtain sensitive information from another session by predicting the state of the pool.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Software Foundation Paramiko 1.7.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Paramiko 1.7.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
403 Forbidden MISC people.debian.org Exploit
Paramiko: Information disclosure — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
paramiko Random Number Generator Weakness BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[paramiko] [MERGE] insecure use of RandomPool MISC www.lag.net
paramiko "RandomPool" Insecure Random Number Generator - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: python-paramiko-1.7.1-3.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com
#460706 - python-paramiko: CVE-2008-0299 insecure use of RandomPool - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
Fedora update for python-paramiko - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: python-paramiko-1.7.1-3.fc7 FEDORA www.redhat.com
428727 – (CVE-2008-0299) CVE-2008-0299 Paramiko insecure use of RandomPool CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo update for paramiko - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 997214 Python (Pip) Security Update for paramiko (GHSA-wqmm-q65g-2hqr)
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