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CVE-2008-0299 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=460706	CVE
http://people.debian.org/~nion/nmu-diff/paramiko-1.6.4-1_1.6.4-1.1.patch	CVE	Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428727	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28488	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28510	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29168	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-07.xml	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39749	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00529.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00594.html	CVE
http://www.lag.net/pipermail/paramiko/2008-January/000599.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27307	CVE
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=460706	[email protected]
http://people.debian.org/~nion/nmu-diff/paramiko-1.6.4-1_1.6.4-1.1.patch	[email protected]	Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428727	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28488	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28510	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29168	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-07.xml	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39749	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00529.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00594.html	[email protected]
http://www.lag.net/pipermail/paramiko/2008-January/000599.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27307	[email protected]

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
python software foundation paramiko	1.7.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:paramiko:1.7.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 17, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]