FKIE_CVE-2012-6702

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-06-16 18:59 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:48
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function.
References
security@opentext.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597
security@opentext.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/8
security@opentext.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/1
security@opentext.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91483
security@opentext.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1
security@opentext.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
security@opentext.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
security@opentext.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91483
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libexpat_project libexpat *
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
debian debian_linux 8.0
google android 4.4.4
google android 5.0.2
google android 5.1.1
google android 6.0
google android 6.0.1
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