Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-0766

Title: Erlang Crypto Cryptographic Failures

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-0766.

CWE Category CWE-310
Published Date May 31, 2011
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-0766: The random number generator in the Crypto application before 2.0.2.2, and SSH before 2.0.5, as used in the Erlang/OTP ssh library before R14B03, uses predictable seeds based on the current time, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess DSA host and SSH session keys.

Impacted Vendors

S
ssh 1
E
erlang 2
G
golang 1
J
jenkins 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/44709 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/178990 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47980 https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f228601de45c5b53241b103af6616453c50885a5 http://secunia.com/advisories/44709 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/178990 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47980 https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/f228601de45c5b53241b103af6616453c50885a5
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-0766 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.