VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-1445

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.75%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-10-26
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The Crypto.Random.atfork function in PyCrypto before 2.6.1 does not properly reseed the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) before allowing a child process to access it, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging a race condition in which a child process is created and accesses the PRNG within the same rate-limit period as another process.

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