usn-5770-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-12-08 20:18
Modified
2026-06-25 10:46
Summary
gcc-5, gccgo-6 vulnerability
Details

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.


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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Todd Eisenberger discovered that certain versions of GNU Compiler\nCollection (GCC) could be made to clobber the status flag of RDRAND\nand RDSEED with specially crafted input. This could potentially lead\nto less randomness in random number generation.\n",
  "id": "USN-5770-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:09Z",
  "published": "2022-12-08T20:18:42Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5770-1"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "gcc-5, gccgo-6 vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11671"
  ]
}



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