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Fedora 28 : python-paramiko (2018-8f9d81a3fb)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 120611

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

A flaw was found in the implementation of `transport.py` in Paramiko, which did not properly check whether authentication was completed before processing other requests. A customized SSH client could simply skip the authentication step.

This flaw is a user authentication bypass in the SSH Server functionality of Paramiko. Where Paramiko is used only for its client-side functionality (e.g. `paramiko.SSHClient`), the vulnerability is not exposed and thus cannot be exploited.

This update also fixes an issue where Ed25519 auth key decryption raised an unexpected exception when given a unicode password string (typical in Python 3).

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Solution

Update the affected python-paramiko package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-8f9d81a3fb

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 120611

File Name: fedora_2018-8f9d81a3fb.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-paramiko, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7750