Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-6124
CVE-2012-6124
Description
A casting error in Chicken before 4.8.0 on 64-bit platform caused the random number generator to return a constant value. NOTE: the vendor states "This function wasn't used for security purposes (and is advertised as being unsuitable)."
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Affected products
3- chicken/chickenv5Range: before 4.8.0
Patches
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References
4- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-02/msg00084.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6124nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6124nvdBroken Link
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