1.9
LOW
CVE-2014-0017
LibSSH OpenSSL PRNG Information Leak Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 14, 2014, 3:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:01 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

3.4
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2014-0017 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-0017 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Libssh libssh

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago
6 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 23, 2023, 5:42 a.m. This repo has been linked 462 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-0017 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-0017 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00036.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00040.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/57407
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2879
    Added Reference http://www.libssh.org/2014/03/04/libssh-0-6-3-security-release/
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/05/1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2145-1
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072191
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 17, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-0017 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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