Description
OpenSSL 1.1.1 introduced a rewritten random number generator (RNG). This was intended to include protection in the event of a fork() system call in order to ensure that the parent and child processes did not share the same RNG state. However this protection was not being used in the default case. A partial mitigation for this issue is that the output from a high precision timer is mixed into the RNG state so the likelihood of a parent and child process sharing state is significantly reduced. If an application already calls OPENSSL_init_crypto() explicitly using OPENSSL_INIT_ATFORK then this problem does not occur at all. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1d (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1c).
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-4539-1 | openssl security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2019-10106 | OpenSSL 1.1.1 introduced a rewritten random number generator (RNG). This was intended to include protection in the event of a fork() system call in order to ensure that the parent and child processes did not share the same RNG state. However this protection was not being used in the default case. A partial mitigation for this issue is that the output from a high precision timer is mixed into the RNG state so the likelihood of a parent and child process sharing state is significantly reduced. If an application already calls OPENSSL_init_crypto() explicitly using OPENSSL_INIT_ATFORK then this problem does not occur at all. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1d (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1c). |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4376-1 | OpenSSL vulnerabilities |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: openssl
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-16T22:56:57.501Z
Reserved: 2018-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2019-1549
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-09-10T17:15:11.813
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:36:48.343
Link: CVE-2019-1549
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN