CVE-2012-6124

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-6124
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-31 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-11-06 15:42:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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)."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-338

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Call-cc Chicken All All All All
Application Call-cc Chicken All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] random returns the same number on x86_64 all t CONFIRM lists.nongnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Broken Link
oss-security - Re: A small backlog of vulnerabilities in Chicken Scheme MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2012-6124 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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