CVE-2008-1147

NameCVE-2008-1147
DescriptionA certain pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) algorithm that uses XOR and 2-bit random hops (aka "Algorithm X2"), as used in OpenBSD 2.6 through 3.4, Mac OS X 10 through 10.5.1, FreeBSD 4.4 through 7.0, and DragonFlyBSD 1.0 through 1.10.1, allows remote attackers to guess sensitive values such as IP fragmentation IDs by observing a sequence of previously generated values. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for attacks such as injection into TCP packets and OS fingerprinting.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs559107

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
kfreebsd-5source(unstable)(unfixed)
kfreebsd-6source(unstable)(unfixed)
kfreebsd-7source(unstable)(unfixed)559107

Notes

[etch] - kfreebsd-5 <no-dsa> (KFreebsd not supported)
[lenny] - kfreebsd-6 <no-dsa> (KFreebsd not supported)
[lenny] - kfreebsd-7 <no-dsa> (KFreebsd not supported)

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