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CVE-2003-0094

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2003-03-03 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

A patch for mcookie in the util-linux package for Mandrake Linux 8.2 and 9.0 uses /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random, which causes mcookie to use an entropy source that is more predictable than expected, which may make it easier for certain types of attacks to succeed.

Affected Platforms

Andries Brouwer Util-Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References