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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cve-icon 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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cve-icon 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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