CVE-2007-2453 SUSE CVE security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE CVE-2007-2453 Interim 1 6 2024-10-07T01:59:32Z current 2021-05-30T12:38:52Z 2024-10-07T01:59:32Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf-cve.pl 2020-12-27T01:00:00Z CVE-2007-2453 The random number feature in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, (1) does not properly seed pools when there is no entropy, or (2) uses an incorrect cast when extracting entropy, which might cause the random number generator to provide the same values after reboots on systems without an entropy source. The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/YC3TJ3F7CMYFURLVDZVROEDG4DWAD5KU/#YC3TJ3F7CMYFURLVDZVROEDG4DWAD5KU E-Mail link for SUSE-SA:2007:043 https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/D23ASTVUMVU5USPFK4HGSK2YGMAURC5B/#D23ASTVUMVU5USPFK4HGSK2YGMAURC5B E-Mail link for SUSE-SA:2007:051 https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings The random number feature in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, (1) does not properly seed pools when there is no entropy, or (2) uses an incorrect cast when extracting entropy, which might cause the random number generator to provide the same values after reboots on systems without an entropy source. CVE-2007-2453 low 1.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N