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CVE-2012-6124

Date: October 31, 2019

A casting error in Chicken before 4.8.0 on 64-bit platform caused the random number generator to return a constant value. NOTE: the vendor states "This function wasn't used for security purposes (and is advertised as being unsuitable)."

Language: SCHEME

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6124
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-02/msg00084.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6124
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6124
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-6124
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-6124

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

CWE-338

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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