| Name | CVE-2014-0017 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2879-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libssh (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.6.3-4+deb8u6 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 0.7.3-2+deb9u3 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.7.3-2+deb9u4 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.8.7-1+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 0.9.8-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 0.10.6-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 0.11.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libssh | source | squeeze | 0.4.5-3+squeeze2 | DSA-2879-1 | ||
| libssh | source | wheezy | 0.5.4-1+deb7u1 | DSA-2879-1 | ||
| libssh | source | (unstable) | 0.5.4-3 |
http://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?id=e99246246b4061f7e71463f8806b9dcad65affa0