PT-2017-4955 · Reseed · Reseed

Jeffrey Walton + 1 · Published 2017-10-23 · Updated 2017-11-21 · CVE-2011-2683

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: No specific software or versions mentioned

Description: The issue makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a man-in-the-middle attack, as it uses random numbers from an insecure HTTP request to random.org during installation.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2683

Affected Products

Reseed

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2683 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/8 · Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reseed/+bug/804594 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5 · Note