Use of insufficiently random values in Spring Security - CVE-2019-3795

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Use of insufficiently random values in Spring Security - CVE-2019-3795

Published: June 27, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU77715
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3795
CWE-ID: CWE-330
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to Spring Security contain an insecure randomness vulnerability when using SecureRandomFactoryBean#setSeed to configure a SecureRandom instance. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


Affected software

Spring Security
IBM Cognos Controller

How to mitigate CVE-2019-3795

Install updates from vendor's website.

Spring Security - addressed in versions 4.2.12, 5.0.12, 5.1.5
IBM Cognos Controller - addressed in versions 10.4.1.0.15, 10.4.2.0.2

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