CVE-2023-39910
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Detection and validation
Mapped metadata availability only. These signals do not change priority.
Sigma
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Atomic
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Nuclei
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What it is
ReportedThe cryptocurrency wallet entropy seeding mechanism used in Libbitcoin Explorer 3.0.0 through 3.6.0 is weak, aka the Milk Sad issue. The use of an mt19937 Mersenne Twister PRNG restricts the internal entropy to 32 bits regardless of settings. This allows remote attackers to recover any wallet private keys generated from "bx seed" entropy output and steal funds. (Affected users need to move funds to a secure new cryptocurrency wallet.) NOTE: the vendor's position is that there was sufficient documentation advising against "bx seed" but others disagree.…
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What is affected
Reportedlibbitcoin; libbitcoin_explorer. Product-level identification only; no affected-version conclusion is available from this field.
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Urgency and basis
ReportedAct · 445.7
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Exploitation evidence
Reportedlisted by a tracked exploitation catalog · VulnCheck KEV
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What to do
ReportedApply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
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Evidence detail
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