CVE-2001-1141

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in SSLeay and OpenSSL before 0.9.6b allows attackers to use the output of small PRNG requests to determine the internal state information, which could be used by attackers to predict future pseudo-random numbers.

The Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in SSLeay and OpenSSL before 0.9.6b allows attackers to use the output of small PRNG requests to determine the internal state information, which could be used by attackers to predict future pseudo-random numbers.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2001-07-10 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:30:00

Affected Software

OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.1c

0.9.1c

OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.2b

0.9.2b

OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.3

0.9.3

OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.4

0.9.4

OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.5

0.9.5

OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.6

0.9.6

OpenSSL Project OpenSSL 0.9.6a

0.9.6a

SSLEAY 0.8.1

0.8.1

SSLEAY 0.9

0.9

References

NetBSD-SA2001-013

CLA-2001:418

MDKSA-2001:065

ESA-20010709-01

853

RHSA-2001:051

Patch, Vendor Advisory

FreeBSD-SA-01:51

20010710 OpenSSL Security Advisory: PRNG weakness in versions up to 0.9.6a

Patch, Vendor Advisory

3004

Patch, Vendor Advisory

openssl-prng-brute-force(6823)

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