CVE-2012-6124 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A casting error in Chicken before 4.8.0 on 64-bit platform caused the random number generator to return a constant value. NOTE: the vendor states "This function wasn't used for security purposes (and is advertised as being unsuitable)."

Published: 2019-10-31

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

chicken

chicken

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`before 4.8.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:call-cc:chicken:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-5991	A casting error in Chicken before 4.8.0 on 64-bit platform caused the random number generator to return a constant value. NOTE: the vendor states "This function wasn't used for security purposes (and is advertised as being unsuitable)."

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0042.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6124
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-02/msg00084.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6124

History

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Subscriptions

Call-cc Chicken

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2019-10-31T20:38:43.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:28:39.540Z

Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-6124

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-31T21:15:11.917

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:45:52.417

Link: CVE-2012-6124

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-338

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