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Tracker / CVE-2009-3238

CVE-2009-3238

Medium 5.5

The get_random_int function in drivers/char/random.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 produces insufficiently random numbers, which allows attackers to predict the return value, and possibly defeat protection mechanisms based on randomization, via vectors that leverage the function's tendency to "return the same value over and over again for long stretches of time."

Affected products and versions

canonical ubuntu_linux
linux linux_kernel · … → 2.6.30
opensuse opensuse
suse linux_enterprise_desktop
suse linux_enterprise_server

Analysis

This page is not indexable yet.Until it carries original analysis — what it actually exposes, how to check in two minutes whether a system was touched, what to do if it was — the page stays noindex. The database decides that, not the template.

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