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).
CVE-2019-1549
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 31EG Risk 31/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity53% × 45%Exploitation6% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 6.2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 93rd
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
September 10, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (30)
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1b0fe00e2704b5e20334a16d3c9099d1ba2ef1be
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GY6SNRJP2S7Y42GIIDO3HXPNMDYN2U3A/
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZN4VVQJ3JDCHGIHV4Y2YTXBYQZ6PWQ7E/
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/1
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190919-0002/
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K44070243
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K44070243?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4376-1/
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4539
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20190910.txt
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- openssl-security@opensslhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-1549(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- CVE-2019-1549Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
Fork Protection
- RHSA-2020:1337Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 SP2 security update
- RHSA-2020:1336Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.37 SP2 security update
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | openssl (1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.16) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | openssl-1:1.1.1c-15.el8 | 2020-04-28 | redhat |
| redhat | openssl | 2020-04-06 | redhat |
| redhat | jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.1.1c-16.jbcs.el7 | 2020-04-06 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(22 across 20 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.15(2)
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Alpine:v3.16(2)
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Alpine:v3.10(1)
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Alpine:v3.11(1)
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Alpine:v3.12(1)
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Alpine:v3.13(1)
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Alpine:v3.14(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Alpine:v3.17(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Alpine:v3.18(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Alpine:v3.19(1)
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Alpine:v3.20(1)
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Alpine:v3.21(1)
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
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Alpine:v3.9(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Debian:11(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Debian:12(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Debian:13(1)
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| openssl | — |
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Debian:14(1)
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| openssl | — |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 27× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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