CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-15006

Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Published: Jan 02, 2023 | Modified: Jan 09, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in enigmaX up to 2.2. This issue affects the function getSeed of the file main.c of the component Scrambling Table Handler. The manipulation leads to predictable seed in pseudo-random number generator (prng). The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 922bf90ca14a681629ba0b807a997a81d70225b5. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217181 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness

A Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) is initialized from a predictable seed, such as the process ID or system time.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Enigmax Enigmax_project * *

Potential Mitigations

References