Debian: Flaw in OpenSSL makes private keys predictable

Courtesy Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Tue, 05/13/2008 - 15:16

Luciano Bello discovered that the random number generator in Debian'sopenssl package is predictable. This is caused by an incorrectDebian-specific change to the openssl package (CVE-2008-0166).

As aresult, cryptographic key material may be guessable.


 

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