CVE-2006-1833

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1833
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-19 16:06:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionIntel RNG Driver in NetBSD 1.6 through 3.0 may incorrectly detect the presence of the pchb interface, which will cause it to always generate the same random number, which allows remote attackers to more easily crack encryption keys generated from the interface.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.003210000 probability, percentile 0.551830000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 beta All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 3.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NetBSD Intel RNG Driver May Use a Constant Stream for Randomization - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
www.osvdb.org/24577 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
NetBSD False Intel Hardware RNG Detection Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
NetBSD False Intel Hardware RNG Detection Predictable Random Number Generation Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-009.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org
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