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FreeBSD pseudo-random numbers generator weakness
Published: 30.11.2007
Source: BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID: 8396
Type: library
Level: 6/10
Description: SAme PRNG sequence may be reproduced twice under some conditions.

Affected: FREEBSD : FreeBSD 7.0
FREEBSD : FreeBSD 6.1
FREEBSD : FreeBSD 5.5
FREEBSD : FreeBSD 6.2
FREEBSD : FreeBSD 6.3
CVE: CVE-2007-6150 (The "internal state tracking" code for the random and urandom devices in FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1 through 6.3, and 7.0 beta 4 allows local users to obtain portions of previously-accessed random values, which could be leveraged to bypass protection mechanisms that rely on secrecy of those values.)

Original document FREEBSD, FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-07:09.random (30.11.2007)

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