CVE-2008-0299

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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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