VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-3419

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.66%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-07-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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