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CVE-2012-4898: Tropos Wireless Mesh Routers Insufficient Entropy

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-12-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-310

Description

Mesh OS before 7.9.1.1 on Tropos wireless mesh routers does not use a sufficient source of entropy for SSH keys, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a device or modify a client-server data stream by leveraging knowledge of a key from a product installation elsewhere.

Affected products

• Tropos 1310 Distrubution Automation Mesh Router: all versions
• Tropos 1410 Mesh Router: all versions
• Tropos 1410 Wireless Mesh Router: all versions
• Tropos 3310 Indoor Mesh Router: all versions
• Tropos 3320 Indoor Mesh Router: all versions
• Tropos 4310 Mobile Mesh Router: all versions
• Tropos 6310 Mesh Router: all versions
• Tropos 6320 Mesh Router: all versions
• Tropos Mesh OS: through 7.9.1

References

• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-12-297-01
• http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-297-01.pdf

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