MGASA-2014-0119

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    MGASA-2014-0119

    Published: 5 Mar 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-0017

    Summary: Updated libssh package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: 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).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0119.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12942, http://www.libssh.org/2014/03/04/libssh-0-6-3-security-release/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-0017

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libssh

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libssh?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.5.4-1.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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