CVE-2021-4238
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2021-4238 |
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2022-12-27 22:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-01-05 04:43:00 UTC |
| Description | Randomly-generated alphanumeric strings contain significantly less entropy than expected. The RandomAlphaNumeric and CryptoRandomAlphaNumeric functions always return strings containing at least one digit from 0 to 9. This significantly reduces the amount of entropy in short strings generated by these functions. |
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| Remove unnecessary checks on a value that is already definitely an al… · Masterminds/goutils@869801f · GitHub |
MISC |
github.com |
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| GO-2022-0411 - Go Packages |
MISC |
pkg.go.dev |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 904881 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for helm (12351)
- 905111 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for terraform (12657)