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Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 11:48:32 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: Michael Gilbert <mgilbert@...ian.org>
CC: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE id request: devotee (debian vote engine) cryptographically
weak random numbers permit discovery of secret ballot submissions
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On 05/21/2012 12:49 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Kurt Seifried wrote:
>> This appears to be a service more than software, and although
>> the source is available (see git link) it appears to be out of
>> date?
>>
>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2012/04/msg00200.html
>
> Yes, the publicly available source repo is out of date right now,
> but that won't always be the case. Debian had a change in
> secretary, so workflows have changed, and ideally a more public
> mode of operation should be gotten back to.
>
>> Can you confirm the vulnerability is in the software you linked
>> to, and that this has actually been downloaded/used outside of
>> Debian?
>
> Yes, it is indeed an issue in the software implementation itself.
> See original report for exact code lines that are flawed.
>
> I can neither confirm nor not confirm that devotee is used outside
> of debian, but it does seem like an obvious choice for online
> election management. It is however planned to be package for
> debian [0], and ubuntu automatically syncs debian, so eventually
> they will also get the package. it is important that an id be
> assigned so that they are aware that they will need to check the
> package when they do that sync.
>
> [0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=470995
Please use CVE-2012-2387 for this issue.
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Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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