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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-10-23T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:08:23.733Z

Reserved: 2011-07-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-2683

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-10-23T18:29:00.210

Modified: 2017-11-21T18:22:29.383

Link: CVE-2011-2683

cve-icon Redhat

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