CVE-2008-4102

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.

Link	Resource
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122118210029084&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152798516853&w=2
http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122115344915232&w=2
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/272-20080902-core-random-number-generation-flaw.html
http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4271
http://secunia.com/advisories/31789
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45068
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496237/100/0/threaded

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2008-09-18 05:59

Updated : 2018-10-11 08:50

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NVD link : CVE-2008-4102

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4102

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