CVE-2013-7373

Description

Android before 4.4 does not properly arrange for seeding of the OpenSSL PRNG, which makes it easier for attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging use of the PRNG within multiple applications.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

References

• http://android-developers.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/some-securerandom-thoughts.html
• http://emboss.github.io/blog/2013/08/21/openssl-prng-is-not-really-fork-safe/
• http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=130289811108150&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=130298304903422&w=2
• http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1k6f03/due_to_a_serious_encryptionrng_flaw_in_android/cblvum5
• http://android-developers.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/some-securerandom-thoughts.html
• http://emboss.github.io/blog/2013/08/21/openssl-prng-is-not-really-fork-safe/
• http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=130289811108150&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=130298304903422&w=2
• http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1k6f03/due_to_a_serious_encryptionrng_flaw_in_android/cblvum5

CWEs

CWE-200