CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-2683
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-10-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-254
Description
reseed seeds random numbers from an insecure HTTP request to random.org during installation, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Affected configurations
• reseed project reseed
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reseed/+bug/804594 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reseed/+bug/804594 Third Party Advisory