CVE-2016-1902
N/A
Published: June 1, 2016 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxSymfony
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The 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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://symfony.com/blog/cve-2016-1902-securerandom-s-fallback-not-secure-when-openssl-failsVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3588x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://www.landaire.net/blog/cve-2016-1902-symfony-securerandom/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-310
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