CVE-2006-1833

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-04-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Intel RNG Driver in NetBSD 1.6 through 3.0 may incorrectly detect the presence of the pchb interface, which will cause it to always generate the same random number, which allows remote attackers to more easily crack encryption keys generated from the interface.

Affected products

Netbsd: 1.6, 1.6-beta, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 2.0, 2.0.1 (+4)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19585
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015907
http://www.osvdb.org/24577
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17496
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25786
http://secunia.com/advisories/19585
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015907
http://www.osvdb.org/24577
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17496
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25786

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