Information Exposure Affecting gcc package, versions [,4.9.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GCC-2333700
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 Nov 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-5276  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gcc to version 4.9.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The std::random_device class in libstdc++ in the GNU Compiler Collection (aka GCC) before 4.9.4 does not properly handle short reads from blocking sources, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to predict the random values via unspecified vectors.

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