49561 : PHP Multiple rand Functions RNG Weakness
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-05-06

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-4107" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The (1) rand and (2) mt_rand functions in PHP 5.2.6 do not produce cryptographically strong random numbers, which allows attackers to leverage exposures in products that rely on these functions for security-relevant functionality, as demonstrated by the password-reset functionality in Joomla! 1.5.x and WordPress before 2.6.2, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2107, CVE-2008-2108, and CVE-2008-4102.

Classification

Attack Type: Cryptographic
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1020869
CVE ID: 2008-4107 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 31737 31870
SCIP VulDB ID: 3825
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2008-2553
Mail List Post: http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://owncloud.org/security/advisories/CVE-2012-5236/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6
http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-02.txt
http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt
http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/

Tools & Filters

	4648

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-09-19 | Disagree?

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