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CVE-2006-1833
Intel RNG Driver in NetBSD 1.6 through 3.0 may incorrectly detect the presence of the pchb interface, which will cause it to always…
Low2.6EPSS 0.83%
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- mitre
Description
Intel RNG Driver in NetBSD 1.6 through 3.0 may incorrectly detect the presence of the pchb interface, which will cause it to always generate the same random number, which allows remote attackers to more easily crack encryption keys generated from the interface.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.83% · top 42% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 19585 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17496 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1015907 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- netbsd-intel-rng-security-bypass(25786) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 24577 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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