Use of cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) in Apereo CAS - CVE-2019-10754

 

Use of cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) in Apereo CAS - CVE-2019-10754

Published: September 24, 2019 / Updated: September 24, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21291
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10754
CWE-ID: CWE-338
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apereo Foundation
Affected software:
Apereo CAS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.

The vulnerability exists due to the application generates tokens using a weak cryptographic algorithm provided by Apache commons-lang3 RandomStringUtils. A remote attacker can guess randomly generate tokens and bypass security restriction that rely on these tokens.

How to mitigate CVE-2019-10754

Install updates from vendor's website.

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