CVE-2007-2728

Description

The soap extension in PHP calls php_rand_r with an uninitialized seed variable, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a related issue to the mcrypt_create_iv issue covered by CVE-2007-2727. Note: The PHP team argue that this is not a valid security issue.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.11% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory novell.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/25306	third party advisory
http://blog.php-security.org/archives/80-Watching-the-PHP-CVS.html	broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1839	vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-485-1	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26895	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26102	third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/36086	vdb entry broken link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html	vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2728?: CVE-2007-2728 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2728?: To fix CVE-2007-2728, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-2728 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-2728 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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