CVE-2011-4327

Publication date 3 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

ssh-keysign.c in ssh-keysign in OpenSSH before 5.8p2 on certain platforms executes ssh-rand-helper with unintended open file descriptors, which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information via the ptrace system call.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openssh 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected

Notes

tyhicks

Per OpenSSH, platforms with /dev/random are not affected.