Vulnerability CVE-2011-2683
Published: 2017-10-23   Modified: 2017-10-24

Description:
reseed seeds random numbers from an insecure HTTP request to random.org during installation, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Type:

CWE-254

 (Security Features)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Reseed project -> Reseed 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reseed/+bug/804594
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