MGASA-2015-0449

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    MGASA-2015-0449

    Published: 19 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5276

    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: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0449.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17126, https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65142, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00054.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gcc

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.9.2-4.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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    Availability
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