CVE-2017-11671

Summary

CVECVE-2017-11671
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-26 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionUnder certain circumstances, the ix86_expand_builtin function in i386.c in GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 5 before 5.5, and 6 before 6.4 will generate instruction sequences that clobber the status flag of the RDRAND and RDSEED intrinsics before it can be read, potentially causing failures of these instructions to go unreported. This could potentially lead to less randomness in random number generation.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 4 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-338 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary4MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Gcc 4.6 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 4.7 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 4.8 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 4.9 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 5.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 5.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 5.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 5.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 5.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 6.0 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 6.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 6.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 6.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2017-11671: GCC generates incorrect code for RDRAND/RDSEED intrinsics af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Uros Bizjak - [PATCH, i386]: Fix PR 80180, Incorrect codegen from rdseed intrinsic use af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gcc.gnu.org Mailing List
80180 – (CVE-2017-11671) Incorrect codegen from rdseed intrinsic use (CVE-2017-11671) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gcc.gnu.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
GNU GCC CVE-2017-11671 Insecure Random Number Generator Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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