CVE-2000-0535 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2000-0535

OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSH for FreeBSD do not properly check...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openssl, freebsd
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9.4, 4.0, 5.0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 12th, 2000
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.