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CVE-2012-4898 (GCVE-0-2012-4898)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 ā Published: 2012-12-18 11:00 ā Updated: 2025-07-09 16:22
VLAI?
Title
Tropos Wireless Mesh Routers Insufficient Entropy
Summary
Mesh OS before 7.9.1.1 on Tropos wireless mesh routers does not use a sufficient source of entropy for SSH keys, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a device or modify a client-server data stream by leveraging knowledge of a key from a product installation elsewhere.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- CWE 331
Assigner
References
Credits
research group composed of Nadia Heninger (University of California at San Diego), Zakir Durumeric (University of Michigan), Eric Wustrow (University of Michigan), and J. Alex Halderman (University of Michigan)
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