RHSA-2018:1124
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2018-04-12 21:45 - Updated: 2025-11-21 18:04Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-paramiko security update
Severity
Critical
Notes
Topic: An update for python-paramiko is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details: The python-paramiko package provides a Python module that implements the SSH2 protocol for encrypted and authenticated connections to remote machines. Unlike SSL, the SSH2 protocol does not require hierarchical certificates signed by a powerful central authority. The protocol also includes the ability to open arbitrary channels to remote services across an encrypted tunnel.
Security Fix(es):
* python-paramiko: Authentication bypass in transport.py (CVE-2018-7750)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
It was found that when acting as an SSH server, paramiko did not properly check whether authentication is completed before processing other requests. A customized SSH client could use this to bypass authentication when accessing any resources controlled by paramiko.
9.8 (Critical)
Affected products
Fixed
8 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
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Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 6Client-6.9.z:python-paramiko-0:1.7.5-4.el6_9.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 6ComputeNode-6.9.z:python-paramiko-0:1.7.5-4.el6_9.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 6ComputeNode-6.9.z:python-paramiko-0:1.7.5-4.el6_9.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 6Server-6.9.z:python-paramiko-0:1.7.5-4.el6_9.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 6Server-6.9.z:python-paramiko-0:1.7.5-4.el6_9.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 6Workstation-6.9.z:python-paramiko-0:1.7.5-4.el6_9.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 6Workstation-6.9.z:python-paramiko-0:1.7.5-4.el6_9.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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Threats
Impact
Critical
References
8 references
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