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.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200803-07 (Paramiko: Information disclosure)

    Dwayne C. Litzenberger reported that the file 'common.py' does not     properly use RandomPool when using threads or forked processes.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could predict the values generated by applications     using Paramiko for encryption purposes, potentially gaining access to     sensitive information.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

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Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
31382	GLSA-200803-07 : Paramiko: Information disclosure	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
29989	Fedora 7 : python-paramiko-1.7.1-3.fc7 (2008-0722)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
29987	Fedora 8 : python-paramiko-1.7.1-3.fc8 (2008-0644)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2008-0299

high

Tenable Plugins

medium

medium

medium