Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2959-1 paramiko -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

21 Mar 2022

Affected Packages:

paramiko

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-24302.

More information:

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.

CVE-2022-24302: In Paramiko before 2.10.1, a race condition (between creation and chmod) in the write_private_key_file function could allow unauthorized information disclosure.

For Debian 9 Stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.0-1+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your paramiko packages.

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