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CVE-2012-4898

Tropos Wireless Mesh Routers Insufficient Entropy

6.1

CVE-2012-4898 is a vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Tropos Mesh Os, published December 18, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.99%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
6.1 CVSS 2.0, CVE List
Exploit chance
0.99%EPSS, 63rd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Mesh OS before 7.9.1.1 on Tropos wireless mesh routers does not use a sufficient source of entropy for SSH keys, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a device or modify a client-server data stream by leveraging knowledge of a key from a product installation elsewhere.

Exploit likelihood

0.99%Up 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

CVE List Score used6.1

Tropos Wireless Mesh Routers Insufficient Entropy

Mesh OS before 7.9.1.1 on Tropos wireless mesh routers does not use a sufficient source of entropy for SSH keys, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a device or modify a client-server data stream by leveraging knowledge of a key from a product installation elsewhere.

Record
CVE-2012-4898
CVSS 2.0
6.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-48236.1

Mesh OS before 7.9.1.1 on Tropos wireless mesh routers does not use a sufficient source of entropy for SSH keys, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a device or modify a client-server data stream by leveraging knowledge of a key from a product installation elsewhere.

Record
EUVD-2012-4823
CVSS 2.0
6.1 MediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g369-p2rw-gqjrNo score

Mesh OS before 7.9.1.1 on Tropos wireless mesh routers does not use a sufficient source of...

Mesh OS before 7.9.1.1 on Tropos wireless mesh routers does not use a sufficient source of entropy for SSH keys, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a device or modify a client-server data stream by leveraging knowledge of a key from a product installation elsewhere.

Record
GHSA-g369-p2rw-gqjr
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD6.1

Mesh OS before 7.9.1.1 on Tropos wireless mesh routers does not use a sufficient source of entropy for SSH keys, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a device or modify a client-server data stream by leveraging knowledge of a key from a product installation elsewhere.

Record
CVE-2012-4898
CVSS 2.0
6.1 MediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-310
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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