CVE-2006-3419 describes a weakness in Tor versions prior to 0.1.1.20, where it utilized OpenSSL's RAND_pseudo_bytes instead of cryptographically strong RAND_bytes, and failed to reseed its entropy sufficiently after initial startup. This flaw made it easier for attackers to conduct brute-force guessing attacks against the pseudo-random number generator. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it indicates a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and potentially leading to partial confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.2_pre13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.0.2_pre13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.2_pre14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.0.2_pre14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.2_pre15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.0.2_pre15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.2_pre16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.0.2_pre16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.