PT-2013-5425 · Apple · Macos X+1
Xi Wang
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Published
2013-10-24
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Updated
2013-10-24
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CVE-2013-5180
CVSS v2.0
4.3
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Libc in Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.9
Description
The issue concerns the production of predictable values by the srandomdev function in Libc when the kernel random-number generator is unavailable. This predictability can be exploited by context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms, leveraging their knowledge of these values. The problem is related to a compiler-optimization issue.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 10.9, update to version 10.9 or later to resolve the issue.
Fix
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Libc
Macos X