Mend.io Vulnerability Database

What is a CVE vulnerability ID? icon What is a WS vulnerability ID? icon What is an MSC vulnerability ID? icon
New vulnerability? Tell us about it!
icon

We found results for “”

CVE-2014-0017

Date: March 14, 2014

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0017
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2145-1
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0017
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00036.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/05/1
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2879
http://secunia.com/advisories/57407
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072191
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00040.html
http://www.libssh.org/2014/03/04/libssh-0-6-3-security-release/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-0017

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Cryptographic Issues

CWE-310

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
Additional information:

Do you need more information?

Contact Us