CVE-2012-6702 (GCVE-0-2012-6702)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-06-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:36
VLAI
Summary
Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91483 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2012-04-05 00:00
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