Debian/Ubuntu OpenSSL Random Number Generator Vulnerability

A vulnerabiliity exists in the random number generator used by the OpenSSL package included with the Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, and other Debian-based operating systems. This vulnerability causes the generated numbers to be predictable.

The result of this error is that certain encryption keys are much more common than they should be. This vulnerability affects cryptographic applications that use keys generated by the flawed versions of the OpenSSL package. Affected keys include, but may not be limited to, SSH keys, OpenVPN keys, DNSSEC keys, and key material for use in X.509 certificates and session keys used in SSL/TLS connections. Any of these keys generated using the affected systems on or after 2006-09-17 may be vulnerable. Keys generated with GnuPG, GNUTLS, ccrypt, or other encryption utilities that do not use OpenSSL are not vulnerable because these applications use their own random number generators.