Thu 15 May 2008
from Slashdot
Debian package maintainers tend to very often modify the source code of the package they are maintaining so that it better fits into the distribution itself. However, most of the time, their changes are not sent back to upstream for validation, which might cause some tension between upstream developers and Debian packagers. Today, a critical security advisory has been released: a Debian packager modified the source code of OpenSSL back in 2006 so as to remove the seeding of OpenSSL random number generator, which in turns makes cryptographic key material generated on a Debian system guessable. The solution? Upgrade OpenSSL and re-generate all your SSH and SSL keys. This problem not only affects Debian, but also all its derivatives, such as Ubuntu.”
Very scary stuff if you are using anything Debian based — see this page for more info:
http://metasploit.com/users/hdm/tools/debian-openssl/
Sploit: http://packetstormsecurity.org/0805-exploits/debian-sploit.txt
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