Is CVE-2008-0299 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-0299 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-0299?

CVE-2008-0299 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-0299?

CVE-2008-0299 has an EPSS score of 1.62% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0299?

Upgrade paramiko on debian 11 to 1.6.4-1.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-0299

MEDIUMEPSS 73th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

paramikoDebian

Fixed in:1.6.4-1.1CVE-2008-0299

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.62%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

people.debian.org

Other references11

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