{"id":"CVE-2014-0017","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T20:15:41.606993Z","published":"2014-03-14T15:55:05Z","related":["MGASA-2014-0119","openSUSE-SU-2024:10036-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/57407"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2879"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.libssh.org/2014/03/04/libssh-0-6-3-security-release/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2145-1"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.libssh.org/2014/03/04/libssh-0-6-3-security-release/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072191"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00036.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00040.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/05/1"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}