Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-086 - When using libssh before 0.6.3, a libssh-based server, when accepting a new connection, forks and the child process handles the request. The RAND_bytes() function of openssl doesn't reset its state after the fork, but simply adds the current process id to the PRNG state, which is not guaranteed to be unique. The most important consequence is that servers using EC or DSA certificates may under certain conditions leak their private key. Double free vulnerability in the ssh_packet_kexinit function in kex.c in libssh 0.5.x and 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted kexinit packet.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:086
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : libssh
Date : March 28, 2015
Affected: Business Server 2.0
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Problem Description:
Updated libssh packages fix security vulnerabilities:
When using libssh before 0.6.3, a libssh-based server, when accepting
a new connection, forks and the child process handles the request. The
RAND_bytes() function of openssl doesn't reset its state after the
fork, but simply adds the current process id (getpid) to the PRNG
state, which is not guaranteed to be unique. The most important
consequence is that servers using EC (ECDSA) or DSA certificates may
under certain conditions leak their private key (CVE-2014-0017).
Double free vulnerability in the ssh_packet_kexinit function in kex.c
in libssh 0.5.x and 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service via a crafted kexinit packet (CVE-2014-8132).
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0017
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8132
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0119.html
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0014.html
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Business Server 2/X86_64:
a08812e6aa98461ceab65992eb628853 mbs2/x86_64/lib64ssh4-0.5.5-2.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
b647e4b792d2f530e13be40be19d2807 mbs2/x86_64/lib64ssh-devel-0.5.5-2.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
97a766a7cdd74f26e6a3b78d50c7afd3 mbs2/SRPMS/libssh-0.5.5-2.1.mbs2.src.rpm
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pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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