# CVE-2007-2728: The soap extension in PHP calls php\_rand\_r with an uninitialized seed variable, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a related issue

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-05-16 · Updated: 2024-08-29

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The soap extension in PHP calls php_rand_r with an uninitialized seed variable, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a related issue to the mcrypt_create_iv issue covered by CVE-2007-2727. Note: The PHP team argue that this is not a valid security issue.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/25306
- http://blog.php-security.org/archives/80-Watching-the-PHP-CVS.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1839
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-485-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26895
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26102
- http://osvdb.org/36086
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html

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