| Name | CVE-2012-6124 |
| Description | A casting error in Chicken before 4.8.0 on 64-bit platform caused the random number generator to return a constant value. NOTE: the vendor states "This function wasn't used for security purposes (and is advertised as being unsuitable)." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 702410 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| chicken (PTS) | bullseye | 5.2.0-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 5.3.0-1 | fixed |
| forky, sid, trixie | 5.3.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| chicken | source | (unstable) | 4.8.0-1 | low | | 702410 |
Notes
[wheezy] - chicken <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - chicken <no-dsa> (Minor issue)