CVE-2003-0094 (GCVE-0-2003-0094)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:43
VLAI?
Summary
A patch for mcookie in the util-linux package for Mandrake Linux 8.2 and 9.0 uses /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random, which causes mcookie to use an entropy source that is more predictable than expected, which may make it easier for certain types of attacks to succeed.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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