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Unscored CVE-2000-0535 EUVD-2000-0532GHSA-7h84-xvh7-f4r4

OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSH for FreeBSD do not properly check for the existence of the /dev/random or /dev/urandom devices, which are absent …

Published Jul 12, 2000 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSH for FreeBSD do not properly check for the existence of the /dev/random or /dev/urandom devices, which are absent on FreeBSD Alpha systems, which causes them to produce weak keys which may be more easily broken.

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