CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-0766
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-05-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
Description
The random number generator in the Crypto application before 2.0.2.2, and SSH before 2.0.5, as used in the Erlang/OTP ssh library before R14B03, uses predictable seeds based on the current time, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess DSA host and SSH session keys.
Affected configurations
• erlang crypto (<= 2.0.2.1)
• erlang erlang\/otp r11b-5
• erlang erlang\/otp r12b-5
• erlang erlang\/otp r13b
• erlang erlang\/otp r13b02-1
• erlang erlang\/otp r13b03
• erlang erlang\/otp r13b04
• erlang erlang\/otp r14a
• erlang erlang\/otp r14b
• erlang erlang\/otp r14b01
• erlang erlang\/otp r14b02
• ssh ssh (<= 2.0.4)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44709 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/178990 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47980 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f228601de45c5b53241b103af6616453c50885a5 Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44709 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/178990 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47980 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f228601de45c5b53241b103af6616453c50885a5 Patch