CVE-2016-1618 (GCVE-0-2016-1618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-25 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:02
VLAI
Summary
Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, does not ensure that a proper cryptographicallyRandomValues random number generator is used, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81430 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2877-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034801 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://codereview.chromium.org/1419293005 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3456 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2016-01-20 00:00
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