MGASA-2015-0449

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Source

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0449.html

Import Source

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0449.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2015-0449

Upstream

CVE-2015-5276

Published

2015-11-19T22:08:19Z

Modified

2026-04-16T06:23:34.356102532Z

Summary

Updated gcc packages fix security vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that the std::random_device class in libstdc++ would not properly detect short reads and could return predictable values if applications used it to obtain randomness from a blocking source such as /dev/random. (CVE-2015-5276)

References

Credits

- Mageia - COORDINATOR
- - https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / gcc

Package

Name: gcc
Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/gcc?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.9.2-4.1.mga5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source

"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0449.json"