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.)

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

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