--- title: "CVE-2008-4107\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4107?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-4107 Publication date 18 September 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The (1) rand and (2) mt\_rand functions in PHP 5.2.6 do not produce cryptographically strong random numbers, which allows attackers to leverage exposures in products that rely on these functions for security-relevant functionality, as demonstrated by the password-reset functionality in Joomla! 1.5.x and WordPress before 2.6.2, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2107, CVE-2008-2108, and CVE-2008-4102. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4107?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | php5 | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage | | 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur) as of 2009-04-10, unfixed in debian with following comment: the rand() and mt\_rand() functions were never said to be cryptographically strong AFAICT, unfixed upstream also more information here: http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt\_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/ Let's ignore this also. ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4107) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4107) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4107) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4107) ### Other references *