Description
Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91483 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/1 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/8 ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 ↗
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1 ↗