CVE-2012-4687 (GCVE-0-2012-4687)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-12-08 15:00 – Updated: 2025-07-09 18:27
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Summary
Post Oak AWAM Bluetooth Reader Traffic System does not use a sufficient source of entropy for private keys, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a device by predicting a key value.
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Post Oak Traffic Systems AWAM Bluetooth Reader Traffic System Affected: All versions
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Credits
research group composed of Nadia Heninger (University of California at San Diego), J. Alex Halderman, Zakir Durumeric, and Eric Wustrow (all from the University of Michigan)
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