CVE-2014-0017
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-0118)
- Published
- March 14, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-0118 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libssh / libssh
- libssh / libssh
- libssh / libssh
- libssh / libssh
- libssh / libssh
- libssh / libssh
- libssh / libssh
- libssh / libssh
- libssh / libssh
- libssh / libssh
- libssh / libssh
- libssh / libssh
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00040.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57407(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2879
- http://www.libssh.org/2014/03/04/libssh-0-6-3-security-release/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/05/1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2145-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072191
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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