CVE-2006-3419 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-3419

Tor before 0.1.1.20 uses OpenSSL pseudo-random bytes (RAND_pseudo_bytes) instead of...

Vulnerability Description

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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tor
Vulnerable Versions:
0.0.2, 0.0.2_pre13, 0.0.2_pre14, 0.0.2_pre15, 0.0.2_pre16, 0.0.2_pre17, 0.0.2_pre18, 0.0.2_pre19, 0.0.2_pre20, 0.0.2_pre21, 0.0.2_pre22, 0.0.2_pre23, 0.0.2_pre24, 0.0.2_pre25, 0.0.2_pre26, 0.0.2_pre27, 0.0.3, 0.0.4, 0.0.5, 0.0.6, 0.0.6.1, 0.0.6.2, 0.0.7, 0.0.7.1, 0.0.7.2, 0.0.7.3, 0.0.8, 0.0.8.1, 0.0.9, 0.0.9.1, 0.0.9.2, 0.0.9.3, 0.0.9.4, 0.0.9.5, 0.0.9.6, 0.0.9.7, 0.0.9.8, 0.0.9.9, 0.0.9.10, 0.1.0.1, 0.1.0.2, 0.1.0.3, 0.1.0.4, 0.1.0.5, 0.1.0.6, 0.1.0.7, 0.1.0.8, 0.1.0.9, 0.1.0.10, 0.1.0.11, 0.1.0.12, 0.1.0.13, 0.1.0.14, 0.1.0.15, 0.1.0.16, 0.1.0.17, 0.1.0.18, 0.1.0.19, 0.1.1.1_alpha, 0.1.1.2_alpha, 0.1.1.3_alpha, 0.1.1.4_alpha, 0.1.1.5_alpha, 0.1.1.6_alpha, 0.1.1.7_alpha, 0.1.1.8_alpha, 0.1.1.9_alpha, 0.1.1.10_alpha

Timeline

Official Publish: July 7th, 2006
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.