Improper Management of Consumed Data in Linux Kernel's get_prng_bytes Function

CVE-2013-4345 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Off-by-one error in the get_prng_bytes function in crypto/ansi_cprng.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.4 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via multiple requests for small amounts of data, leading to improper management of the state of the consumed data.

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