CVE-2014-0017 Information disclosure in n/a
Local attackers can obtain sensitive information via PRNG state sharing in libssh when forking is enabled, requiring a version upgrade.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-0017?
CVE-2014-0017 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Mar 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0017?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libssh Libssh.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0017?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-0017 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0017 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2026-59851 Libssh: libssh: authentication bypass via missing gssapi principal check
- CVE-2025-5987 Libssh: invalid return code for chacha20 poly1305 with openssl backend
- CVE-2025-14821 Libssh: libssh: insecure default configuration leads to local man-in-the-middle attacks on windows
- CVE-2012-4560 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2012-4562 Integer overflow in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0017, DSA-2879-1, GHSA-mw96-qp3x-6qgr, MGASA-2014-0119.