CVE-2019-1549
Publication date 10 September 2019
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
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).
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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edk2 | ||
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
nodejs | ||
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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openssl | ||
20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 1.1.1d-2ubuntu1
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.6
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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openssl1.0 | ||
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
Patch details
Package | Patch details |
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openssl |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 5.3 · Medium |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-4376-1
- OpenSSL vulnerabilities
- 28 May 2020