CVE-2008-0299
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 1.6% (76th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0007)
- Published
- January 16, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0007 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- python software foundation / paramiko
References
- 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(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28488
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29168
- 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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428727
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39749
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00529.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00594.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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