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FreeBSD Alpha Port Lack Of /dev/random and /dev/urandom Vulnerability

Solution:
OpenSSL 0.9.5 added checks to make sure the calls that use (open, read from, etc) the devices work.

FreeBSD corrected the following distributions for the Alpha platform on the dates listed below:

2000-05-10 (4.0-STABLE)
2000-04-28 (5.0-CURRENT)

If you are using a FreeBSD distribution of these versions obtained earlier than the dates shown, you can take the following steps (copied from the advisory):

1a) Upgrade your FreeBSD/Alpha system to FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE after the
correction date.

1b) install the patched 4.0-RELEASE GENERIC kernel available from:

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:25/kernel.gz

e.g. perform the following steps as root:

# fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:25/kernel.gz
# fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:25/kernel.gz.asc

[ Verify the detached PGP signature using your PGP utility - consult your
utility's documentation for how to do this ]

# gunzip kernel.gz
# cp /kernel /kernel.old
# chflags noschg /kernel
# cp kernel /kernel
# chflags schg /kernel

1c) Download the kernel source patch and rebuild your FreeBSD/Alpha
kernel, as follows:

# fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:25/kernel.sys.diff

Download the detached PGP signature:

# fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-00:25/kernel.sys.diff.asc

and verify the signature using your PGP utility.

Apply the patch:

# cd /usr/src
# patch -p < /path/to/kernel.sys.diff

Rebuild your kernel as described in

http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html

and reboot with the new kernel.

NOTE: Because of the significant improvements to the FreeBSD/Alpha
platform in FreeBSD 4.0, it is not planned at this time to backport
the necessary changes to FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE.

2) Immediately regenerate all OpenSSH-generated SSH keys and
OpenSSL-generated SSL certificates, and any other data relying on
cryptographic random numbers which were generated on FreeBSD/Alpha
systems, whose strength cannot be verified. [Note: for most systems,
the only significant vulnerability is likely to be from OpenSSH and
OpenSSL-generated keys and certificates (e.g. for SSL webservers)]