National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3419

Overview

Tor before 0.1.1.20 uses OpenSSL pseudo-random bytes (RAND_pseudo_bytes) instead of cryptographically strong RAND_bytes, and seeds the entropy value at start-up with 160-bit chunks without reseeding, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force guessing attacks.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20514

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20514

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/ChangeLog

Hyperlink:http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/ChangeLog

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200606-04

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-04.xml