CVE-2012-2681

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-09-19
Bugzilla:
827558: CVE-2012-2681 cumin: weak session keys

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Cumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, uses predictable random numbers to generate session keys, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess the session key.

Find out more about CVE-2012-2681 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server v.2 (cumin) RHSA-2012:1278 2012-09-19
Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (cumin) RHSA-2012:1281 2012-09-19
Red Hat MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 6 ComputeNode v.2 RHSA-2012:1281 2012-09-19

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 cumin Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team.

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