vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-5770-1 (CVE-2017-11671): GCC vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jul 26, 2017 | Dec 9, 2022 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jul 26, 2017
Added
Dec 9, 2022
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
Todd Eisenberger discovered that certain versions of GNU Compiler
Collection (GCC) could be made to clobber the status flag of RDRAND
and RDSEED with specially crafted input. This could potentially lead
to less randomness in random number generation.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-g-5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-gcc-5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-gccgo-5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-gccgo-6ubuntu-pro-upgrade-gcj-5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-gcj-5-jdkubuntu-pro-upgrade-gcj-5-jre-headlessubuntu-pro-upgrade-gdc-5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-gfortran-5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-gnat-5
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