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Medium
CVE-2008-0299
common.py in Paramiko 1.7.1 and earlier, when using threads or...
Vulnerability Description
common.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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428727
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00529.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39749
- http://people.debian.org/~nion/nmu-diff/paramiko-1.6.4-1_1.6.4-1.1.patch
- http://www.lag.net/pipermail/paramiko/2008-January/000599.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-07.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29168
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28488
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27307
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00594.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=460706
Affected Vendor
python software foundation
View all reports →Affected Software
paramiko
Vulnerable Versions:
1.7.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 16th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.