CVE-2011-4327 Information

Description

ssh-keysign.c in ssh-keysign in OpenSSH before 5.8p2 on certain platforms executes ssh-rand-helper with unintended open file descriptors which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information via the ptrace system call.

Reference

http://www.openssh.com/txt/portable-keysign-rand-helper.adv https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755640