Insecure Randomness Affecting github.com/miekg/dns package, versions <1.1.25
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.19% (57th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMMIEKGDNS-537825
- published 15 Dec 2019
- disclosed 13 Dec 2019
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 13 Dec 2019
CVE-2019-19794 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
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