Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package chicken (opens in a new tab)
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- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed31 Oct 2019
Introduced: 31 Oct 2019
CVE-2012-6124 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chicken package and not the chicken package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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)."
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-6124
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-02/msg00084.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6124
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6124
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2