PT-2008-5405 · Joomla · Joomla!

Stefan Esser · Published 2008-09-18 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-4102

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions prior to 1.5.7

Description The issue is related to the initialization of PHP's PRNG with a weak seed, making it easier for attackers to guess pseudo-random values produced by PHP's mt rand function. This can be demonstrated by guessing password reset tokens.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.7, update to version 1.5.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4102

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4102 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31789 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4271 · Note
• http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/272-20080902-core-random-number-generation-flaw.html · Note
• http://sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt · Note
• http://suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4102 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122118210029084&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/496237/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122115344915232&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45068 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152798516853&w=2 · Note