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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-03-14T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:58:26.568Z

Reserved: 2013-12-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-0017

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-03-14T15:55:05.603

Modified: 2014-03-26T04:55:45.500

Link: CVE-2014-0017

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-03-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-0017 - Bugzilla