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CVE-2013-1445
Published: Oct 26, 2013
Modified: Sep 16, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The Crypto.Random.atfork function in PyCrypto before 2.6.1 does not properly reseed the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) before allowing a child process to access it, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging a race condition in which a child process is created and accesses the PRNG within the same rate-limit period as another process.
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References
[oss-security] 20131017 CVE-2013-1445 python-crypto:PRNG not correctly reseeded in some situations
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