What is CVE-2011-2683?

CVE-2011-2683 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Reseed Project, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-10-23.

How severe is CVE-2011-2683?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Reseed Project

CVE-2011-2683

reseed seeds random numbers from an insecure HTTP request to random.org during installation, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a man-in-the-middle attack.

EPSS: 0.013 (68.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Reseed_project Reseed
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-2683?: CVE-2011-2683 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Reseed Project, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2011-2683?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.