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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2107

NOTE: The text on this page is written by CVE MITRE and reflects neither the opinions of Secunia or the results of our research. All data on this page is written and maintained by CVE MITRE.

Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-2107

Description:
The GENERATE_SEED macro in PHP 4.x before 4.4.8 and 5.x before 5.2.5, when running on 32-bit systems, performs a multiplication using values that can produce a zero seed in rare circumstances, which allows context-dependent attackers to predict subsequent values of the rand and mt_rand functions and possibly bypass protection mechanisms that rely on an unknown initial seed.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42226
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42284

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA30757
  Secunia Advisory: SA30828
  Secunia Advisory: SA30967

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html

MISC
  http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-02.txt

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:129
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:130
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:128
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:125

FULLDISC
  http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-05/0103.html

FEDORA

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/491683/100/0/threaded


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