CVE-2012-1577 (GCVE-0-2012-1577)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-10 18:45 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:01
VLAI
Summary
lib/libc/stdlib/random.c in OpenBSD returns 0 when seeded with 0.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Insufficient Random Number Generation
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1022 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
dietlibc dietlibc Affected: before 0.33
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Date Public
2012-03-21 00:00
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