CVE-2013-7373
Android before 4.4 does not properly arrange for seeding of the OpenSSL PRNG, which makes it easier for attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging use of the PRNG within multiple applications.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 7.5 High
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2014-04-29
- Last modified
- 2024-09-16
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Affected products
References
- http://android-developers.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/some-securerandom-thoughts.html
- http://emboss.github.io/blog/2013/08/21/openssl-prng-is-not-really-fork-safe/
- http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=130289811108150&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=130298304903422&w=2
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1k6f03/due_to_a_serious_encryptionrng_flaw_in_android/cblvum5
