Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2017· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-2683

Description

reseed seeds random numbers from an insecure HTTP request to random.org during installation, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a man-in-the-middle attack.

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Affected products

Reseed/reseed2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:reseed_project:reseed:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:reseed_project:reseed:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/8nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reseed/+bug/804594nvdThird Party Advisory

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