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mageiaGentoo FoundationMGASA-2014-0119
HistoryMar 06, 2014 - 3:17 a.m.

Updated libssh package fixes security vulnerability

2014-03-0603:17:12
Gentoo Foundation
advisories.mageia.org
5

1.9 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

When using libssh before 0.6.3, a libssh-based server, when accepting a new connection, forks and the child process handles the request. The RAND_bytes() function of openssl doesn’t reset its state after the fork, but simply adds the current process id (getpid) to the PRNG state, which is not guaranteed to be unique. The most important consequence is that servers using EC (ECDSA) or DSA certificates may under certain conditions leak their private key (CVE-2014-0017).

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Mageia3noarchlibssh<Β 0.5.4-1.1libssh-0.5.4-1.1.mga3
Mageia4noarchlibssh<Β 0.5.5-2.1libssh-0.5.5-2.1.mga4

1.9 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%