Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-5162 First vendor Publication 2008-11-26
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-02-14

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7
Base Score 7 Environmental Score 7
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7
Exploitabality Sub Score 1
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The arc4random function in the kernel in FreeBSD 6.3 through 7.1 does not have a proper entropy source for a short time period immediately after boot, which makes it easier for attackers to predict the function's return values and conduct certain attacks against the GEOM framework and various network protocols, related to the Yarrow random number generator.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5162

CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification

Id Name
CAPEC-59 Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
CAPEC-112 Brute Force
CAPEC-281 Analytic Attacks

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-330 Use of Insufficiently Random Values

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 225

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for ruby MDVSA-2008:029 (ruby)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_029.nasl
2008-11-24 Name : FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-08:11.arc4random.asc)
File : nvt/freebsdsa_arc4random.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
50137 FreeBSD arc4random() Function Entropy Source Weakness

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32447
FREEBSD http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:11.arc4random.asc
OSVDB http://osvdb.org/50137
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1021276
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/32871

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