01 Record
CVE-2008-2108
The GENERATE_SEED macro in PHP 4.x before 4.4.8 and 5.x before 5.2.5, when running on 64-bit systems, performs a multiplication that generates a portion of zero bits during conversion due to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The GENERATE_SEED macro in PHP 4.x before 4.4.8 and 5.x before 5.2.5, when running on 64-bit systems, performs a multiplication that generates a portion of zero bits during conversion due to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-05-07 21:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-05-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-331Insufficient EntropyBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bfe27b43f228c59fb6327d88c65c64bfb7f765dcbd4a559292d9ee8aff504499
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-3606https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00779.html
- secunia.com32746http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
- archives.neohapsis.com20080506 Advisory SE-2008-02: PHP GENERATE_SEED() Weak Random Number Seed Vulnerabilityhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-05/0103.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200811-05http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0546http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-3864https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html
- secunia.com30828http://secunia.com/advisories/30828
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:128http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:128
- securityreason.com3859http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3859
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0582http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-628-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0545http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comphp-generateseed-weak-security(42226)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42226
- secunia.com31124http://secunia.com/advisories/31124
- secunia.com31119http://secunia.com/advisories/31119
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:129http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:129
- secunia.com31200http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
- secunia.com30757http://secunia.com/advisories/30757
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0544http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html
- secunia.com35003http://secunia.com/advisories/35003
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:125http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:125
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0505http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10844https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10844
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:130http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:130
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:126http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126
- www.securityfocus.com20080506 Advisory SE-2008-02: PHP GENERATE_SEED() Weak Random Number Seed Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491683/100/0/threaded
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:127http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127
- www.sektioneins.dehttp://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-02.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-1789http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789