CVE-2021-3538

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3538
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-02 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-14 13:37:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in github.com/satori/go.uuid in versions from commit 0ef6afb2f6cdd6cdaeee3885a95099c63f18fc8c to d91630c8510268e75203009fe7daf2b8e1d60c45. Due to insecure randomness in the g.rand.Read function the generated UUIDs are predictable for an attacker.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-338

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Go.uuid Project Go.uuid All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Insecure Randomness in github.com/satori/go.uuid | Snyk MISC snyk.io
1954376 – (CVE-2021-3538) CVE-2021-3538 satori/go.uuid: predictable UUIDs generated via insecure randomness MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
NewV4: non-random uuid · Issue #73 · satori/go.uuid · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 905087 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for jx (12502)
  • 997865 GO (Go) Security Update for github.com/apptainer/sif/v2 (GHSA-33m6-q9v5-62r7)

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