<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201408-03"> <title>LibSSH: Information disclosure</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in LibSSH can result in leakage of private key information. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">libssh</product> <announced>2014-08-10</announced> <revised count="1">2014-08-10</revised> <bug>503504</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="net-libs/libssh" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.6.3</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.6.3</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>LibSSH is a C library providing SSHv2 and SSHv1.</p> </background> <description> <p>A new connection inherits the state of the PRNG without re-seeding with random data. </p> </description> <impact type="low"> <p>Servers using ECC (ECDSA) or DSA certificates in non-deterministic mode may under certain conditions leak their private key. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All LibSSH users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libssh-0.6.3" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0017">CVE-2014-0017</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-08-04T19:25:42Z"> keytoaster </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-08-10T16:35:47Z">K_F</metadata> </glsa>