Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-0299

Title: Python Software Foundation Paramiko Information Disclosure

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-0299.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jan 16, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.62%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-0299: 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.

Impacted Vendors

python_software_foundation 1

paramiko 1

Reference Links

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 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 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 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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-0299 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 16, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.