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CVE-2011-2683

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-23 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-254

Description

reseed seeds random numbers from an insecure HTTP request to random.org during installation, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Affected products

• Reseed Project Reseed: all versions

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reseed/+bug/804594
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reseed/+bug/804594

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