RedHat: RHSA-2018-0591:01 Critical: python-paramiko security and bug fix
Summary
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* python-paramiko has been using the python2-pyasn1 package, but did not
depend on it. With new versions of python2-cryptography, python2-pyasn1 was
not getting installed and this caused python-paramiko to malfunction. This
bug was fixed by making python-paramiko depend on python2-pyasn1
explicitly. (BZ#1559133)
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7750 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras:
Source:
python-paramiko-2.1.1-4.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
python-paramiko-2.1.1-4.el7.noarch.rpm
python-paramiko-doc-2.1.1-4.el7.noarch.rpm
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Topic
An update for python-paramiko is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux7 Extras.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras - noarch
Bugs Fixed
1557130 - CVE-2018-7750 python-paramiko: Authentication bypass in transport.py
1559133 - Missing requirements in python-paramiko