CVE-2012-6124

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Oct 31, 2019
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Dec 6, 2012

Description

A casting error in Chicken before 4.8.0 on 64-bit platform caused the random number generator to return a constant value. NOTE: the vendor states "This function wasn't used for security purposes (and is advertised as being unsuitable)."

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
chickenchicken	before 4.8.0Affected

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6124
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6124
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-02/msg00084.html

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