Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in Qt - CVE-2024-36048

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Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in Qt - CVE-2024-36048

Published: May 28, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU89843
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36048
CWE-ID: CWE-337
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Qt
Software vendor:
Trolltech

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.

The vulnerability exists due to QAbstractOAuth in Qt Network Authorization uses only time to seed the PRNG. A remote attacker can guess authorization tokens and bypass authentication.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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