Entropy sources information leakage

Entropy sources can be used for keystrokes timing attack...

unix entropy source can be used for keystroke timing attacks

Another bizarre vulnerability, for your amusement... Several unix systems systems provide a secure entropy source maintained by collecting certain information that is supposed to be practically unpredictable such as interrupt timings, keyboard scancodes or device request times, then running it th...

CVE-2003-0094

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...

PT-2001-2103 · Valicert · Valicert Enterprise Validation Authority (Eva) Administration Server

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ValiCert Enterprise Validation Authority EVA Administration Server versions 3.3 through 4.2.1 Description: The issue arises from the use of insufficiently random data. This affects two main areas: 1 the generation of session tokens for HSMs,...