From cc477ec772747ddbca5689b96e01f2d2a8369874 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Moritz Muehlenhoff Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:21:16 +0000 Subject: retire issues git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel-sec@1590 e094ebfe-e918-0410-adfb-c712417f3574 --- retired/CVE-2009-3238 | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 retired/CVE-2009-3238 (limited to 'retired/CVE-2009-3238') diff --git a/retired/CVE-2009-3238 b/retired/CVE-2009-3238 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..15be3916 --- /dev/null +++ b/retired/CVE-2009-3238 @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Candidate: CVE-2009-3238 +Description: + The get_random_int function in drivers/char/random.c in the Linux kernel before + 2.6.30 produces insufficiently random numbers, which allows attackers to predict the + return value, and possibly defeat protection mechanisms based on randomization, via + vectors that leverage the function's tendency to "return the same value over and + over again for long stretches of time." +References: + http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3238 + http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8a0a9bd4db63bc45e3017bedeafbd88d0eb84d02 + http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/21766/ + https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499785 + https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=519692 +Notes: +Bugs: +upstream: released (2.6.30) [8a0a9bd4db63bc45e3017bedeafbd88d0eb84d02] +linux-2.6: released (2.6.30-1) +2.6.18-etch-security: released (2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch1) +2.6.24-etch-security: released (2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.9etch1) [bugfix/all/random-make-get_random_int-more-random.patch] +2.6.26-lenny-security: released (2.6.26-19lenny2) [bugfix/all/random-make-get_random_int-more-random.patch] -- cgit v1.2.3