OpenSSL 1.1.1 introduced a rewritten random number generator (RNG). This was intended to include protection in the event of a fork() system call in order to ensure that the parent and child processes did not share the same RNG state. However this protection was not being used in the default case. A partial mitigation for this issue is that the output from a high precision timer is mixed into the RNG state so the likelihood of a parent and child process sharing state is significantly reduced. If an application already calls OPENSSL_init_crypto() explicitly using OPENSSL_INIT_ATFORK then this problem does not occur at all. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1d (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1c).
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/1
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190919-0002/
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K44070243
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K44070243?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4376-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4539
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20190910.txt
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
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https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Source: MITRE
Published: 2019-09-10
Updated: 2020-10-20
Type: CWE-330
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Impact Score: 1.4
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM