openSUSE Security Update: libssh: reseed randomness on forking server instances ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:0370-1 Rating: moderate References: #866278 Cross-References: CVE-2014-0017 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
libssh was updated to fix a random generator reseeding issue when forking multiple servers. Forking multiple servers might under some circumstances get them the same random seed state.
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 11.4:
zypper in -t patch 2014-29
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):
libssh-debugsource-0.4.8-14.1 libssh-devel-0.4.8-14.1 libssh-devel-doc-0.4.8-14.1 libssh4-0.4.8-14.1 libssh4-debuginfo-0.4.8-14.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0017.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/866278