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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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2014-03-14T15:00:00
Updated: 2014-03-17T13:57:00
Reserved: 2013-12-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-0017
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2014-03-14T15:55:05.603
Modified: 2014-03-26T04:55:45.500
Link: CVE-2014-0017
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