CVE-2014-0017
EPSS 0.09%libssh - security update
Published: 3/14/2014Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/libsshfrom 0, < 0.5.4-3
- Debian/libsshfrom 0, < 0.4.5-3+squeeze2