PT-2007-7046 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Robert Woolley · Published 2007-11-30 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-6150

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD versions 5.5, 6.1 through 6.3, and 7.0 beta 4

Description The issue affects the "internal state tracking" code for the random and urandom devices, allowing local users to obtain portions of previously-accessed random values. This could be used to bypass protection mechanisms that rely on secrecy of those values.

Recommendations For FreeBSD versions 5.5, 6.1 through 6.3, and 7.0 beta 4, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6150

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 8

• http://secunia.com/advisories/27879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6150 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019022 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/39600 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4053 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38764 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26642 · Note
• http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:09.random.asc · Patch, Vendor Advisory