CVE-2012-6702 Weak cryptography in n/a

What is CVE-2012-6702?

CVE-2012-6702 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Jun 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6702?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Google Android, Libexpat Project Libexpat.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6702?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2012-6702 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6702 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
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• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2012-6702, DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6702, GHSA-qfwq-qvmm-7j3x, UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6702.