CVE-2014-0017

LowCVSS 1.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 1.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-310

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 14, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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