Insecure Randomness Affecting github.com/miekg/dns package, versions <1.1.25


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMMIEKGDNS-537825
  • published15 Dec 2019
  • disclosed13 Dec 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19794  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/miekg/dns to version 1.1.25 or higher.

Overview

github.com/miekg/dns is a complete and usable DNS library.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Randomness. It improperly generates random numbers because math/rand is used. The TXID becomes predictable, leading to response forgeries.

CVSS Scores

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