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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-0166 Detail

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.8c-1 up to versions before 0.9.8g-9 on Debian-based operating systems uses a random number generator that generates predictable numbers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute force guessing attacks against cryptographic keys.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (05/13/2008)

Not vulnerable. This flaw was caused by a third-party vendor patch to the OpenSSL library. This patch has never been used by Red Hat, and this issue therefore does not affect any Fedora, Red Hat, or upstream supplied OpenSSL packages.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://metasploit.com/users/hdm/tools/debian-openssl/ CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30136 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30220 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30221 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30231 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30239 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30249 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=48367252.7070603%40shemesh.biz&forum_name=rsyncrypto-devel CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1576 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/925211 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492112/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29179 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020017 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-1 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-2 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-3 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-4 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-7 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-137A.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://16years.secvuln.info CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42375 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40333169 CVE, MITRE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5622 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5632 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5720 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0166
NVD Published Date:
05/13/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE