VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2003-0094
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.55%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2003-03-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
A patch for mcookie in the util-linux package for Mandrake Linux 8.2 and 9.0 uses /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random, which causes mcookie to use an entropy source that is more predictable than expected, which may make it easier for certain types of attacks to succeed.