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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 5:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 201408-03 ] LibSSH: Information disclosure |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: LibSSH: Information disclosure (GLSA 201408-03)
Severity: low
Exploitable: local
Date: August 10, 2014
Bug(s): #503504
ID: 201408-03
Synopsis
A vulnerability in LibSSH can result in leakage of private key
information.
Background
LibSSH is a C library providing SSHv2 and SSHv1.
Affected Packages
Package: net-libs/libssh
Vulnerable: < 0.6.3
Unaffected: >= 0.6.3
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
A new connection inherits the state of the PRNG without re-seeding with
random data.
Impact
Servers using ECC (ECDSA) or DSA certificates in non-deterministic mode
may under certain conditions leak their private key.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All LibSSH users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libssh-0.6.3"
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References
CVE-2014-0017 |
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