6.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2007-4311

Published: 13/08/2007 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The xfer_secondary_pool function in drivers/char/random.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 prior to 2.4.35 performs reseed operations on only the first few bytes of a buffer, which might make it easier for malicious users to predict the output of the random number generator, related to incorrect use of the sizeof operator.

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Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2004-2731 infamous41md reported multiple integer overflows in the Sbus PROM driver that would allo ...