[Bug 804594] Re: reseed(8) performs HTTP fetch of data from random.org

2011-08-26 Thread Dave Walker
Package has been removed from Oneiric. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804594 Title: reseed(8) performs HTTP fetch of data from random.org To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 804594] Re: reseed(8) performs HTTP fetch of data from random.org

2011-07-13 Thread Jamie Strandboge
The HTTP issue has been given CVE-2011-2683. ** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi- bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-2683 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804594 Title: reseed(8)

[Bug 804594] Re: reseed(8) performs HTTP fetch of data from random.org

2011-07-06 Thread Alex Murray
Have subscribed the security team to see if anyone there wants to chime in -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804594 Title: reseed(8) performs HTTP fetch of data from random.org To

[Bug 804594] Re: reseed(8) performs HTTP fetch of data from random.org

2011-07-06 Thread Jamie Strandboge
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. I apologize for not responding sooner. I can confirm this issue and have given it an initial Importance of 'Low', based on the difficulty of properly timing the attack while also requiring MITM access. This can be

[Bug 804594] Re: reseed(8) performs HTTP fetch of data from random.org

2011-07-06 Thread David Wagner
I'm not sure I see why this is difficult to exploit in a MITM attack or why the timing is difficult. It would be easy to build a simple tool to MITM people who execute reseed(8) while connected to an open wireless network (e.g., at Starbucks). The automated tool could wait for a call to

[Bug 804594] Re: reseed(8) performs HTTP fetch of data from random.org

2011-07-01 Thread Jeffrey Walton
** Attachment added: reseed script https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804594/+attachment/2187307/+files/reseed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804594 Title: reseed(8) performs HTTP

[Bug 804594] Re: reseed(8) performs HTTP fetch of data from random.org

2011-07-01 Thread Jeffrey Walton
** Attachment added: Wireshark trace https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reseed/+bug/804594/+attachment/2187308/+files/reseed-http.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804594