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Debian dla-3104 : paramiko-doc - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164945

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3104 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3104-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Chris Lamb September 12, 2022 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : paramiko Version : 2.4.2-0.1+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2022-24302 Debian Bug : #1008012

 It was discovered that there was a potential race condition in Paramiko, a pure-Python implementation of the SSH algorithm. In particular, unauthorised information disclosure could have occurred during the creation of SSH private keys.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-0.1+deb10u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your paramiko packages.

 For the detailed security status of paramiko please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/paramiko

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the paramiko-doc packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-24302

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/paramiko

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/paramiko

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 164945

File Name: debian_DLA-3104.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/12/2022

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24302

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-paramiko, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:paramiko-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-paramiko, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24302