CVE-2012-6124

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, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium
Debian Bugs	702410

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
chicken (PTS)	stretch	4.11.0-1	fixed
	buster	4.13.0-1	fixed
	bookworm, sid, bullseye	5.2.0-2	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

[wheezy] - chicken <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - chicken <no-dsa> (Minor issue)