CVE-2008-4102 (GCVE-0-2008-4102)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-09-18 17:47
Modified
2024-08-07 10:00
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
Joomla! 1.5 before 1.5.7 initializes PHP's PRNG with a weak seed, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the pseudo-random values produced by PHP's mt_rand function, as demonstrated by guessing password reset tokens, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3681.
References
| URL | Tags | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
{
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T10:00:42.832Z",
"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"shortName": "CVE"
},
"references": [
{
"name": "[oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: joomla \u003c 1.5.7",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_MLIST",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=122152798516853\u0026w=2"
},
{
"name": "4271",
"tags": [
"third-party-advisory",
"x_refsource_SREASON",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4271"
},
{
"name": "20080911 Advisory 04/2008: Joomla Weak Random Password Reset Token Vulnerability",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_BUGTRAQ",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496237/100/0/threaded"
},
{
"name": "31789",
"tags": [
"third-party-advisory",
"x_refsource_SECUNIA",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31789"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/"
},
{
"name": "joomla-randomnumbers-info-disclosure(45068)",
"tags": [
"vdb-entry",
"x_refsource_XF",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45068"
},
{
"name": "[oss-security] 20080911 CVE request: joomla \u003c 1.5.7",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_MLIST",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=122115344915232\u0026w=2"
},
{
"name": "[oss-security] 20080911 CVE request for Joomla multiple vuln.",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_MLIST",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=122118210029084\u0026w=2"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_CONFIRM",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/272-20080902-core-random-number-generation-flaw.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt"
}
],
"title": "CVE Program Container"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"product": "n/a",
"vendor": "n/a",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "n/a"
}
]
}
],
"datePublic": "2008-09-09T00:00:00.000Z",
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "Joomla! 1.5 before 1.5.7 initializes PHP\u0027s PRNG with a weak seed, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the pseudo-random values produced by PHP\u0027s mt_rand function, as demonstrated by guessing password reset tokens, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3681."
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"description": "n/a",
"lang": "en",
"type": "text"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2018-10-11T19:57:01.000Z",
"orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
"shortName": "mitre"
},
"references": [
{
"name": "[oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: joomla \u003c 1.5.7",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_MLIST"
],
"url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=122152798516853\u0026w=2"
},
{
"name": "4271",
"tags": [
"third-party-advisory",
"x_refsource_SREASON"
],
"url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4271"
},
{
"name": "20080911 Advisory 04/2008: Joomla Weak Random Password Reset Token Vulnerability",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"
],
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496237/100/0/threaded"
},
{
"name": "31789",
"tags": [
"third-party-advisory",
"x_refsource_SECUNIA"
],
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31789"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/"
},
{
"name": "joomla-randomnumbers-info-disclosure(45068)",
"tags": [
"vdb-entry",
"x_refsource_XF"
],
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45068"
},
{
"name": "[oss-security] 20080911 CVE request: joomla \u003c 1.5.7",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_MLIST"
],
"url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=122115344915232\u0026w=2"
},
{
"name": "[oss-security] 20080911 CVE request for Joomla multiple vuln.",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_MLIST"
],
"url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=122118210029084\u0026w=2"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_CONFIRM"
],
"url": "http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/272-20080902-core-random-number-generation-flaw.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt"
}
],
"x_legacyV4Record": {
"CVE_data_meta": {
"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
"ID": "CVE-2008-4102",
"STATE": "PUBLIC"
},
"affects": {
"vendor": {
"vendor_data": [
{
"product": {
"product_data": [
{
"product_name": "n/a",
"version": {
"version_data": [
{
"version_value": "n/a"
}
]
}
}
]
},
"vendor_name": "n/a"
}
]
}
},
"data_format": "MITRE",
"data_type": "CVE",
"data_version": "4.0",
"description": {
"description_data": [
{
"lang": "eng",
"value": "Joomla! 1.5 before 1.5.7 initializes PHP\u0027s PRNG with a weak seed, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the pseudo-random values produced by PHP\u0027s mt_rand function, as demonstrated by guessing password reset tokens, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3681."
}
]
},
"problemtype": {
"problemtype_data": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "eng",
"value": "n/a"
}
]
}
]
},
"references": {
"reference_data": [
{
"name": "[oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: joomla \u003c 1.5.7",
"refsource": "MLIST",
"url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=122152798516853\u0026w=2"
},
{
"name": "4271",
"refsource": "SREASON",
"url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4271"
},
{
"name": "20080911 Advisory 04/2008: Joomla Weak Random Password Reset Token Vulnerability",
"refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496237/100/0/threaded"
},
{
"name": "31789",
"refsource": "SECUNIA",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31789"
},
{
"name": "http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/"
},
{
"name": "joomla-randomnumbers-info-disclosure(45068)",
"refsource": "XF",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45068"
},
{
"name": "[oss-security] 20080911 CVE request: joomla \u003c 1.5.7",
"refsource": "MLIST",
"url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=122115344915232\u0026w=2"
},
{
"name": "[oss-security] 20080911 CVE request for Joomla multiple vuln.",
"refsource": "MLIST",
"url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=122118210029084\u0026w=2"
},
{
"name": "http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/272-20080902-core-random-number-generation-flaw.html",
"refsource": "CONFIRM",
"url": "http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/272-20080902-core-random-number-generation-flaw.html"
},
{
"name": "http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt"
}
]
}
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
"assignerShortName": "mitre",
"cveId": "CVE-2008-4102",
"datePublished": "2008-09-18T17:47:00.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2008-09-15T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T10:00:42.832Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1"
}
Loading…
Loading…
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Loading…
Loading…