Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-053 - 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 to the PRNG state, which is not guaranteed to be unique. The most important consequence is that servers using EC or DSA certificates may under certain conditions leak their private key.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2014:053
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : libssh
Date : March 13, 2014
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:
Updated libssh package fixes security vulnerability:
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).
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0017
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0119.html
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
eb6bcbc277a01a3bcc53d43b127becbe mbs1/x86_64/lib64ssh4-0.5.2-2.2.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
417ce1525889e70932b44399293791b0 mbs1/x86_64/lib64ssh-devel-0.5.2-2.2.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
d4bbda02ed47d9b0df5f9e7992a29d6e mbs1/SRPMS/libssh-0.5.2-2.2.mbs1.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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