CVE-2008-0299

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0299
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-01-16 23:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Software Foundation Paramiko 1.7.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[paramiko] [MERGE] insecure use of RandomPool af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.lag.net
paramiko Random Number Generator Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fedora update for python-paramiko - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
#460706 - python-paramiko: CVE-2008-0299 insecure use of RandomPool - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
paramiko "RandomPool" Insecure Random Number Generator - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: python-paramiko-1.7.1-3.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
428727 – (CVE-2008-0299) CVE-2008-0299 Paramiko insecure use of RandomPool af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Paramiko: Information disclosure — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: python-paramiko-1.7.1-3.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
403 Forbidden af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 people.debian.org Exploit
Gentoo update for paramiko - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 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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