CVE-2008-4107
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 18, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 15, 2008
Description
The (1) rand and (2) mt_rand functions in PHP 5.2.6 do not produce cryptographically strong random numbers, which allows attackers to leverage exposures in products that rely on these functions for security-relevant functionality, as demonstrated by the password-reset functionality in Joomla! 1.5.x and WordPress before 2.6.2, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2107, CVE-2008-2108, and CVE-2008-4102.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 31737third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2mailing-list
- 4271third-party-advisory
- 31115vdb-entry
- 20080911 Advisory 04/2008: Joomla Weak Random Password Reset Token Vulnerabilitymailing-list
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/
- ADV-2008-2553vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20080911 CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2mailing-list
- 48700vdb-entry
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
- 31870third-party-advisory
- 20080911 Advisory 05/2008: Wordpress user_login Column SQL Truncation Vulnerabilitymailing-list
- 1020869vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-7902vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-7760vendor-advisory
- php-rand-mtrand-weak-security(45956)vdb-entry
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-02.txt
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