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Old 05-13-2008
S-293: OpenSSL Security Vulnerability
It was discovered that the random number generator in Debian's openssl package is predictable. This is caused by an incorrect Debian-specific change to the openssl package. The risk is HIGH. User's keys may be guessable allowing an attacker to assume the identity associated with the keys.


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VERSION(1SSL)							      OpenSSL							     VERSION(1SSL)

NAME

       openssl-version, version - print OpenSSL version information

SYNOPSIS

       openssl version [-help] [-a] [-v] [-b] [-o] [-f] [-p] [-d] [-e]

DESCRIPTION

       This command is used to print out version information about OpenSSL.

OPTIONS

       -help
	   Print out a usage message.

       -a  All information, this is the same as setting all the other flags.

       -v  The current OpenSSL version.

       -b  The date the current version of OpenSSL was built.

       -o  Option information: various options set when the library was built.

       -f  Compilation flags.

       -p  Platform setting.

       -d  OPENSSLDIR setting.

       -e  ENGINESDIR setting.

NOTES

       The output of openssl version -a would typically be used when sending in a bug report.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

       Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a
       copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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