1.9

CVE-2014-0017: libssh Cryptographic Issues

CVSS: 1.9v2.0LowModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0119DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0017DSA-2879-1
Published 14-03-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-0017 is a low (CVSS 1.9) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in libssh. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
8/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
1.9/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10036-1

Timeline

  1. 14-03-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

28%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mageia2 products
  • libssh< 0.5.4-1.1.mga3
  • libssh< 0.5.5-2.1.mga4
Debian1 product
  • libssh< 0.4.5-3+squeeze2 | < 0.5.4-1+deb7u1 | < 0.5.4-3
Libssh1 product
  • libssh≤ 0.6.2 | 0.4.7 | 0.4.8 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.0:rc1 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.5.3 | 0.5.4 | 0.5.5 | 0.6.0 | 0.6.1

3 vendors · 4 products

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