DevoteeApplication · Debian
CVE-2012-2387
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · unediteddevotee 0.1 patch 2 uses a 32-bit seed for generating 48-bit random numbers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain the secret monikers via a brute force attack.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidencedevotee 0.1 patch 2 generates 48-bit random numbers using only a 32-bit seed, reducing the effective keyspace from 2^48 to 2^32. This allows attackers to brute-force secret monikers by iterating through only 4 billion possible values instead of 280 trillion.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
DevoteeApplication
= 0.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Devotee is installedRun `dpkg -l | grep -i devotee` on Debian systems, or check for the binary at `/usr/bin/devotee` or similar pathsAffected if Devotee package is found on the system
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Verify the installed versionRun `dpkg -s devotee` or `apt-cache policy devotee` to confirm the exact version numberAffected if The version reported is 0.1 (or the package shows no version higher than 0.1-1 or similar indicating an unpatched release)
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Confirm the patch levelCheck if the package contains patch level information: `dpkg -s devotee 2>/dev/null | grep -i version`Affected if The version is 0.1 without any subsequent security patches applied, showing it is the vulnerable patch 2 release
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Identify if secret moniker generation is in useInspect any configuration files or logs that indicate Devotee is generating or using secret monikers for authentication or session purposesAffected if The application is actively using the moniker generation feature with the vulnerable version
A system is affected if Devotee version 0.1 patch 2 is installed and the secret moniker generation feature is being used, as the 32-bit seed reduces the effective keyspace from 2^48 to 2^32 making brute-force attacks feasible.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace the random number generation with a cryptographically secure RNG that uses a seed matching or exceeding the output length (48+ bits), or upgrade to a patched version if available.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2012-2387 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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