| Name | CVE-2015-9019 |
| Description | In libxslt 1.1.29 and earlier, the EXSLT math.random function was not initialized with a random seed during startup, which could cause usage of this function to produce predictable outputs. |
| 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 (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 859796 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxslt (PTS) | jessie | 1.1.28-2+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 1.1.28-2+deb8u2 | vulnerable | |
| stretch | 1.1.29-2.1 | vulnerable | |
| buster, sid | 1.1.32-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libxslt | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | 859796 |
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758400
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=934119
There's no indication that math.random() in intended to ensure cryptographic
randomness requirements. Proper seeding needs to happen in the application
using libxslt.