CVE-2008-3280
Published: 21 May 2021
Summary
CVE-2008-3280 is a medium-severity PRNG (CWE-338) vulnerability in Openid Openid. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2008-3268
Vulnerability details
It was found that various OpenID Providers (OPs) had TLS Server Certificates that used weak keys, as a result of the Debian Predictable Random Number Generator (CVE-2008-0166). In combination with the DNS Cache Poisoning issue (CVE-2008-1447) and the fact that…
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almost all SSL/TLS implementations do not consult CRLs (currently an untracked issue), this means that it is impossible to rely on these OPs.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Security associations share details on cryptographically weak PRNGs, helping avoid their implementation in security-critical functions.
Cryptographic key management standards require cryptographically strong PRNGs for key material, blocking use of weak generators.