CVE-2008-0299
Paramiko Unsafe randomness usage may allow access to sensitive information
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
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.
How to fix CVE-2008-0299
To remediate CVE-2008-0299, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/paramiko—upgrade to 1.6.4-1.1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.7.1-3 or later
- —upgrade to 1.7.2 or later
Is CVE-2008-0299 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.6.4-1.1
- from 0, < 1.7.1-3
- from 0, < 1.7.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |