CVE-2012-5508
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.023 · 84 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The error pages in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allow remote attackers to obtain random numbers and derive the PRNG state for password resets via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. CVE-2012-6661 was assigned for the PRNG reseeding issue in Zope.
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affected products (67)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-wprr-mc54-c62qExposure of Sensitive Information in Plone2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
The error pages in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allow remote attackers to obtain random numbers and derive the PRNG state for password resets via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. CVE-2012-6661 was assigned for the PRNG reseeding issue in Zope.
- PYSEC-2014-502014-11-03vendor · osvUS
The error pages in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allow remote attackers to obtain random numbers and derive the PRNG state for password resets via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. CVE-2012-6661 was assigned for the PRNG reseeding issue in Zope.
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references (15)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/1071067cnnvd
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txtcnnvd
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121124cnnvd
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/24cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/1071067enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txtenisa_euvd
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