The mcrypt_create_iv function in ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c in PHP before 4.4.7, 5.2.1, and possibly 5.0.x and other PHP 5 versions, calls php_rand_r with an uninitialized seed variable and therefore always generates the same initialization vector (IV), which might allow context-dependent attackers to decrypt certain data more easily because of the guessable encryption keys.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-05-16T22:00:00

Updated: 2007-08-09T09:00:00

Reserved: 2007-05-16T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2007-2727

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2007-05-16T22:30:00.000

Modified: 2022-11-07T15:05:12.380


Link: CVE-2007-2727

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