CVE-2014-0017

NameCVE-2014-0017
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2879-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libssh (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye0.9.8-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)0.10.6-0+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie0.11.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libsshsourcesqueeze0.4.5-3+squeeze2DSA-2879-1
libsshsourcewheezy0.5.4-1+deb7u1DSA-2879-1
libsshsource(unstable)0.5.4-3

Notes

http://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?id=e99246246b4061f7e71463f8806b9dcad65affa0

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