CVE-2016-1902

NameCVE-2016-1902
DescriptionThe nextBytes function in the SecureRandom class in Symfony before 2.3.37, 2.6.x before 2.6.13, and 2.7.x before 2.7.9 does not properly generate random numbers when used with PHP 5.x without the paragonie/random_compat library and the openssl_random_pseudo_bytes function fails, which makes it easier for attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3588-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
symfony (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.3.21+dfsg-4+deb8u6fixed
stretch (security)2.8.7+dfsg-1.3+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.8.7+dfsg-1.3+deb9u5fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)3.4.22+dfsg-2+deb10u3fixed
bullseye4.4.19+dfsg-2+deb11u6fixed
bookworm5.4.23+dfsg-1+deb12u2fixed
bookworm (security)5.4.23+dfsg-1+deb12u4fixed
sid, trixie6.4.16+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
symfonysourcejessie2.3.21+dfsg-4+deb8u3DSA-3588-1
symfonysource(unstable)2.7.9+dfsg-1

Notes

http://symfony.com/blog/cve-2016-1902-securerandom-s-fallback-not-secure-when-openssl-fails
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pull/17359

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