A patch for mcookie in the util-linux package for Mandrake Linux 8.2 and 9.0 uses /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random, which causes mcookie to use an entropy source that is more predictable than expected, which may make it easier for certain types of attacks to succeed.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00
Updated: 2004-08-11T00:00:00
Reserved: 2003-02-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2003-0094
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2003-03-03T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2017-10-10T01:30:14.283
Link: CVE-2003-0094
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