PT-2015-6827 · Gnu+2 · Gcc+2

Lee Clagett · Published 2015-10-07 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-5276

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) versions prior to 4.9.4

Description The issue concerns the std::random device class in libstdc++ which does not handle short reads from blocking sources properly. This makes it easier for attackers to predict random values.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.9.4, update to version 4.9.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-1174

CVE-2015-5276

MGASA-2015-0449

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10542-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1833-1

SUSE-SU-2015_1833-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0908-2

SUSE-SU-2016:0963-1

SUSE-SU-2016_0908-2

SUSE-SU-2016_0963-1

SUSE-SU-2017:0379-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2235-1

SUSE-SU-2017_0379-1

SUSE-SU-2017_2235-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Gcc

Suse

References · 112

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00052.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:0379-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00054.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65142 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0449.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:0908-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0449 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5276 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5276 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10542-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2015:1833-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5276 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:0963-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:2235-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5276 · Security Note