PT-2019-6750 · Openbsd · Openbsd

Kurt Seifried · Published 2019-12-10 · Updated 2024-05-22 · CVE-2012-1577

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenBSD (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a problem in the random number generation functionality. Specifically, when the random number generator is seeded with 0, it returns 0. This behavior is observed in the lib/libc/stdlib/random.c component of OpenBSD.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-335

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1577

Affected Products

Openbsd

References · 8

• http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.c#rev1.16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1577 · Security Note
• https://github.com/ensc/dietlibc/blob/master/CHANGES · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/8610 · Telegram Post
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/23/14 · Note