Debian fixes serious crypto bug

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on May 13, 2008 2:14 PM EDT
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Debian has warned of a vulnerability in its cryptographic functions that could leave systems open to attack. The use of a cryptographically flawed pseudo random number generator in Debian's implementation of OpenSSL meant that potentially predictable keys were generated. Versions of Debian's OpenSSL packages starting with 0.9.8c-1 (released in September 2006) are potentially vulnerable.

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since Debian broke it tuxchick 7 3,298 May 14, 2008 2:47 PM

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