CVE-2006-3419
mediumpriority · track · 21OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Tor before 0.1.1.20 uses OpenSSL pseudo-random bytes (RAND_pseudo_bytes) instead of cryptographically strong RAND_bytes, and seeds the entropy value at start-up with 160-bit chunks without reseeding, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force guessing attacks.
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affected products (69)
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references (8)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/20514enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-04.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/ChangeLogenisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/25880enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20514PatchVendor Advisorynvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-04.xmlnvd
- http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/ChangeLognvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/25880nvd
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