#VU67560 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in go.uuid - CVE-2021-3538

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#VU67560 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in go.uuid - CVE-2021-3538

Published: September 22, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67560
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3538
CWE-ID: CWE-338
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
go.uuid
Software vendor:
satori (Maxim Bublis)

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in github.com/satori/go.uuid due to insecure randomness in the g.rand.Read() function. A remote attacker can trigger trigger the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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