Samhain Labs Samhain Insecure Random Number Generator Information Disclosure Weakness

BID:26597

Info

Samhain Labs Samhain Insecure Random Number Generator Information Disclosure Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 26597
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 26 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 18 2007 08:05PM
Credit: Chris discovered this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Samhain Labs Samhain 2.4 a
Samhain Labs Samhain 2.4
Not Vulnerable: Samhain Labs Samhain 2.4.1

Discussion

Samhain Labs Samhain Insecure Random Number Generator Information Disclosure Weakness

Samhain Labs Samhain is prone to an information-disclosure weakness because of an error in the use of the random number generator.

An attacker can exploit this issue to weaken encryption and other security-related algorithms, which may aid in further attacks.

The issue affects Samhain 2.4.0 and 2.4.0a. Note that versions prior to 2.4.0 are not vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Samhain Labs Samhain Insecure Random Number Generator Information Disclosure Weakness

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Samhain Labs Samhain Insecure Random Number Generator Information Disclosure Weakness

Solution:
The vendor has released Samhain 2.4.1 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Samhain Labs Samhain 2.4 a

Samhain Labs Samhain 2.4

References

Samhain Labs Samhain Insecure Random Number Generator Information Disclosure Weakness

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