VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-0017

CVSS score1.9 LOW
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-03-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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