CVE-2018-6337

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-6337
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-31 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:41:00 UTC
Descriptionfolly::secureRandom will re-use a buffer between parent and child processes when fork() is called. That will result in multiple forked children producing repeat (or similar) results. This affects HHVM 3.26 prior to 3.26.3 and the folly library between v2017.12.11.00 and v2018.08.09.00.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Facebook Folly All All All All
Application Facebook Hhvm All All All All
Application Facebook Hhvm All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security][CVE-2018-6337] Flush folly::secureRandom buffer on fork · facebook/hhvm@e2d10a1 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
HHVM 3.26.3 | HHVM MISC hhvm.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Flush secureRandom buffer on fork · facebook/folly@8e927ee · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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