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CVE-2016-10743 (GCVE-0-2016-10743)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-23 18:55 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:30
VLAI
Summary
hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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