CVE-2008-0299
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.6.4-1.1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.6.4-1.1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.6.4-1.1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.6.4-1.1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.6.4-1.1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0299
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428727
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39749
- https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/paramiko/PYSEC-2008-8.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080205095439/http://secunia.com/advisories/28488
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080627172450/http://secunia.com/advisories/28510
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080628232710/http://secunia.com/advisories/29168
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080720033315/http://www.lag.net/pipermail/paramiko/2008-January/000599.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20081012023428/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27307
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00529.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00594.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=460706
- http://people.debian.org/~nion/nmu-diff/paramiko-1.6.4-1_1.6.4-1.1.patch
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-07.xml
- http://www.lag.net/pipermail/paramiko/2008-January/000599.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27307
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28488
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29168
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0299
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.