Upon reading this, my first question was whether the weakness applies to the random numbers supplied by /dev/random. If it does, then userspace has been getting non-random values, and things like PGP and SSH keys could be compromised. It might be good for secteam to clarify this, IMHO.

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote:

FreeBSD-SA-08.11.arc4random                                 Security Advisory
                                                         The FreeBSD Project

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