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CVE-2014-0017

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Description

The RAND_bytes function in libssh before 0.6.3, when forking is enabled, does not properly reset the state of the OpenSSL pseudo-random number generator (PRNG), which causes the state to be shared between children processes and allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging a pid collision.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published3/14/2014

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

libssh:libssh

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-310

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00036.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00040.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/57407(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2879(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.libssh.org/2014/03/04/libssh-0-6-3-security-release/(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/05/1(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2145-1(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072191(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00036.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00040.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/57407(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2879(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.libssh.org/2014/03/04/libssh-0-6-3-security-release/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/05/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2145-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072191(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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