CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5659

7.5 HIGH Published 2008-12-17 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-12-17
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-310

Description

The gnu.java.security.util.PRNG class in GNU Classpath 0.97.2 and earlier uses a predictable seed based on the system time, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to conduct brute force attacks against cryptographic routines that use this class for randomness, as demonstrated against DSA private keys.

Affected configurations

• gnu classpath (<= 0.97.2) • gnu classpath 0.6 • gnu classpath 0.7 • gnu classpath 0.8 • gnu classpath 0.9 • gnu classpath 0.10 • gnu classpath 0.11 • gnu classpath 0.12 • gnu classpath 0.13 • gnu classpath 0.14 • gnu classpath 0.15 • gnu classpath 0.16 • gnu classpath 0.17 • gnu classpath 0.18 • gnu classpath 0.19 • gnu classpath 0.20 • gnu classpath 0.90 • gnu classpath 0.91 • gnu classpath 0.92 • gnu classpath 0.93 • gnu classpath 0.95 • gnu classpath 0.96 • gnu classpath 0.96.1 • gnu classpath 0.97 • gnu classpath 0.97.1

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

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