Vulnerability CVE-2013-1445


Published: 2013-10-26

Description:
The Crypto.Random.atfork function in PyCrypto before 2.6.1 does not properly reseed the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) before allowing a child process to access it, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging a race condition in which a child process is created and accesses the PRNG within the same rate-limit period as another process.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
python-crypto PRNG not correctly reseeded in some situations
Dwayne C. Litzen...
18.10.2013

Type:

CWE-310

(Cryptographic Issues)

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
Dlitz -> Pycrypto 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/17/3
https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/commit/19dcf7b15d61b7dc1a125a367151de40df6ef175
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2781

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