CVE-2014-0017
N/A
Published: March 14, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibssh
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00036.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00040.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/57407Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2879x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.libssh.org/2014/03/04/libssh-0-6-3-security-release/Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/05/1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-310
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