Reading more, this is a pretty scary bug.
Here is a link to the original security advisory:
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571
The detection tool was kinda tricky to figure out how to use so
more info is here:
On Tuesday 13 May 2008 13:07:47 David Kiwerski wrote:
Interesting - I just upgraded my Mepis on this machine with an ssh/ssl
update. Is the update no good?
Debian usually announces the updates several days after actually posting them.
If you use Synaptic, it's easy to check the changelog of
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From: R. Scott Belford
Date: Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Subject: Bad Random Number Generator
One of you may want to post something to LUAU about the Debian/Ubuntu
ssh/ssl issue. If you think anyone uses it, you may also want to let
it be known that the
Interesting - I just upgraded my Mepis on this machine with an ssh/ssl
update. Is the update no good?
Vince Hoang wrote:
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From: R. Scott Belford
Date: Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Subject: Bad Random Number Generator
One of you may want to post