Cryptographic Issues Affecting libssh package, versions <0.5.4-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBSSH-293711
  • published14 Mar 2014
  • disclosed14 Mar 2014

Introduced: 14 Mar 2014

CVE-2014-0017  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libssh to version 0.5.4-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libssh package and not the libssh package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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