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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1147 |
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2008-1147 |
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Description: A certain pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) algorithm that uses XOR and 2-bit random hops (aka "Algorithm X2"), as used in OpenBSD 2.6 through 3.4, Mac OS X 10 through 10.5.1, FreeBSD 4.4 through 7.0, and DragonFlyBSD 1.0 through 1.10.1, allows remote attackers to guess sensitive values such as IP fragmentation IDs by observing a sequence of previously generated values. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for attacks such as injection into TCP packets and OS fingerprinting. |
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CVE Status: Candidate |
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References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/40329 http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41155 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA28819 MISC http://www.securiteam.com/securityreviews/5PP0H0UNGW.html http://www.trusteer.com/docs/OpenBSD_DNS_Cache_Poisoning_and_Multiple_OS_Predictable_IP_ID_Vulnerability.pdf CONFIRM http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet/ip_id.c?rev=1.10;contenttype= BUGTRAQ http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Feb/0063.html http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Feb/0052.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487658 BID 27647 |
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