Description
The Crypto.Random.atfork function in PyCrypto before 2.6.1 does not properly reseed the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) before allowing a child process to access it, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging a race condition in which a child process is created and accesses the PRNG within the same rate-limit period as another process.
Published: 2013-10-26
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2781-1 python-crypto security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-0027 The Crypto.Random.atfork function in PyCrypto before 2.6.1 does not properly reseed the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) before allowing a child process to access it, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging a race condition in which a child process is created and accesses the PRNG within the same rate-limit period as another process.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-x377-f64p-hf5j PyCrypto does not properly reseed PRNG before allowing access
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:43:18.789Z

Reserved: 2013-01-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1445

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-10-26T17:55:03.027

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-1445

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2013-10-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-1445 - Bugzilla

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