Andries Brouwer: >> Util-Linux >> 2.11u Security Vulnerabilities
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.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2003-03-03