Information disclosure in FreeBSD
CVE-2007-6150
The "internal state tracking" code for the random and urandom devices in FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1 through 6.3, and 7.0 beta 4 allows local users to obtain portions of previously-accessed random values, which could be leveraged to bypass protection mechanisms that rely on secrecy of those values.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (23.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 5.5, 6.1, 6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26642 (vdb-entry)
- security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:09.random.asc (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38764 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/27879 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/39600 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4053 (vdb-entry)