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                 NetBSD Security Advisory 2001-013
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Topic:    OpenSSL PRNG weakness (up to 0.9.6a)

Version:  NetBSD-current:  source prior to July 10, 2001
    NetBSD 1.5.1:  affected
    NetBSD 1.5:  affected
    pkgsrc:    OpenSSL packages prior to 0.9.6b or 0.9.6nb1

Severity:  attacker can predict sequence of future PRNG outputs

Fixed:    NetBSD-current:    July 10, 2001
    NetBSD-1.5 branch:  July 29, 2001 (1.5.2 includes the fix)
    pkgsrc:      openssl-0.9.6b or openssl-0.9.6nb1

Abstract
========

The OpenSSL libcrypto includes a PRNG (pseudo random number generator)
implementation.  The logic used for PRNG was not strong enough,
and allows attackers to guess the internal state of the PRNG.
Therefore, attackers can predict future PRNG output.


Technical Details
=================

http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_prng.txt


Solutions and Workarounds
=========================

The problem can be remedied by replacing the libcrypto library,
and recompiling all statically-linked binaries on the system that
use this library.

The following instructions describe how to upgrade your OpenSSL
libraries by updating your source tree and rebuilding and installing
a new version of the OpenSSL libraries.


* All NetBSD releases using OpenSSL from pkgsrc:

  If you are using OpenSSL from pkgsrc, upgrade it to either of
  the following packages:
    openssl-0.9.6b or higher
    openssl-0.9.6nb1 (0.9.6 + specific fix for the issue)

  Also, make sure that you upgrade any statically-linked binaries
  in packages and local applications that have been linked with
  libcrypto.


* NetBSD-current:

  Systems running NetBSD-current dated from before 2001-07-10
  should be upgraded to NetBSD-current dated 2001-07-11 or later.

  The following directories need to be updated from the
  netbsd-current CVS branch (aka HEAD):
    src/crypto/dist/openssl
    src/lib/libcrypto

  To update from CVS, re-build, and re-install the OpenSSL
  libraries:
    # cd src
    # cvs update -d -P crypto/dist/openssl lib/libcrypto
    # cd lib/libcrypto
    # make cleandir dependall
    # make install

  You also need to upgrade any statically-linked binaries
  that use libcrypto.  Whilst there are no statically-linked
  binaries in the default NetBSD installation that use
  libcrypto, it would be a good idea to run a full build
  (i.e. "make build").


* NetBSD 1.5, 1.5.1:

  Systems running NetBSD 1.5 or 1.5.1 sources dated from
  before 2001-07-29 should be upgraded from NetBSD 1.5.x
  sources dated 2001-07-30 or later.

  NetBSD 1.5.2 is not vulnerable.

  The following source needs to be updated to version 1.2
  or later from the netbsd-1-5 CVS branch:
    crypto/dist/openssl/crypto/rand/md_rand.c

  To update from CVS, re-build, and re-install the OpenSSL
  libraries:
    # cd src
    # cvs update -d -P crypto/dist/openssl/crypto/rand
    # cd lib/libcrypto
    # make cleandir dependall
    # make install


        Alternatively, apply the following patch (with potential offset
        differences):
                ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/patches/SA2001-013-openssl-1.5.patch

  To patch, re-build and re-install the OpenSSL libraries:
    # cd src/crypto/dist/openssl/crypto/rand
    # patch < /path/to/SA2001-013-openssl-1.5.patch
    # cd ../../../../../lib/libcrypto
    # make cleandir dependall
    # make install


  You also need to upgrade any statically-linked binaries
  that use libcrypto.  Whilst there are no statically-linked
  binaries in the default NetBSD installation that use
  libcrypto, it would be a good idea to run a full build
  (i.e. "make build").


Thanks To
=========

Jun-ichiro Hagino for the fix to -current and 1.5

Markku-Juhani O. Saarinen for discovering the problem
in the PRNG and reporting it to the OpenSSL project.


Revision History
================

  2001-08-23  Initial release

  2001-10-26  Fix incorrect reference to telnetd(8)


More Information
================

An up-to-date PGP signed copy of this release will be maintained at
  ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-013.txt.asc

Information about NetBSD and NetBSD security can be found at
http://www.NetBSD.ORG/ and http://www.NetBSD.ORG/Security/.


Copyright 2001, The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

$NetBSD: NetBSD-SA2001-013.txt,v 1.14 2001/10/25 15:15:47 lukem Exp $

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