CVE-2012-6124

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
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: 2019-10-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-338

Description

A casting error in Chicken before 4.8.0 on 64-bit platform caused the random number generator to return a constant value. NOTE: the vendor states "This function wasn't used for security purposes (and is advertised as being unsuitable)."

Affected products

chicken: before 4.8.0 — fixed in 4.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: chicken 4.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6124
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-02/msg00084.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6124
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6124
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-02/msg00084.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6124

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