#VU21044 Protection Mechanism Failure in OpenSSL - CVE-2019-1549

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#VU21044 Protection Mechanism Failure in OpenSSL - CVE-2019-1549

Published: September 11, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21044
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1549
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenSSL
Software vendor:
OpenSSL Software Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to OpenSSL does not use by default a rewritten random number generator (RNG) in the event of a fork() system call, resulting in the child and parent processes share the same RNG state.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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