CVE-2008-5162 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2008-5162

The arc4random function in the kernel in FreeBSD 6.3 through...

Vulnerability Description

The arc4random function in the kernel in FreeBSD 6.3 through 7.1 does not have a proper entropy source for a short time period immediately after boot, which makes it easier for attackers to predict the function's return values and conduct certain attacks against the GEOM framework and various network protocols, related to the Yarrow random number generator.

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.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

freebsd
Vulnerable Versions:
6.4, 6.3, 7.0, 7.1

Timeline

Official Publish: November 26th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.