CVE-2019-9898 Weak cryptography in n/a

What is CVE-2019-9898?

CVE-2019-9898 is a critical vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Potential recycling of random numbers used in cryptography exists within PuTTY before 0.71.

Weakness: CWE-330

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9898?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager, Opensuse Leap, Putty Putty.

How do I fix CVE-2019-9898?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-9898 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-9898, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9898, GHSA-8px9-pwgj-xj9f, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9898.