CVE-2007-2727 | BDVDB-2026-24230 Detail
Description#
The mcrypt_create_iv function in ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c in PHP before 4.4.7, 5.2.1, and possibly 5.0.x and other PHP 5 versions, calls php_rand_r with an uninitialized seed variable and therefore always generates the same initialization vector (IV), which might allow context-dependent attackers to decrypt certain data more easily because of the guessable encryption keys.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23984
- http://www.fortheloot.com/public/mcrypt.patch
- http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c?r1=1.91.2.3.2.9&r2=1.91.2.3.2.10
- http://blog.php-security.org/archives/80-Watching-the-PHP-CVS.html
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40999
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26895
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
- http://osvdb.org/36087
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.