Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in DNS library in Go - CVE-2019-19794

 

Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in DNS library in Go - CVE-2019-19794

Published: June 28, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU93491
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19794
CWE-ID: CWE-338
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to poison DNS cache.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of predictable random numbers for TXID. A remote attacker can forge DNS responses.



Affected software

DNS library in Go
CoreDNS
Red Hat OpenStack

How to mitigate CVE-2019-19794

Install updates from vendor's website.

DNS library in Go - update to 1.1.25
CoreDNS - update to 1.6.6
Red Hat OpenStack - update to 16.2

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