Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affecting nodejs-packaging package, versions <0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+1072+5b168780


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-NODEJSPACKAGING-5877927
  • published25 Jun 2023
  • disclosed25 May 2023

Introduced: 25 May 2023

CVE-2023-31147  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 nodejs-packaging to version 0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+1072+5b168780 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:4035.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-packaging package and not the nodejs-packaging package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. When /dev/urandom or RtlGenRandom() are unavailable, c-ares uses rand() to generate random numbers used for DNS query ids. This is not a CSPRNG, and it is also not seeded by srand() so will generate predictable output. Input from the random number generator is fed into a non-compilant RC4 implementation and may not be as strong as the original RC4 implementation. No attempt is made to look for modern OS-provided CSPRNGs like arc4random() that is widely available. This issue has been fixed in version 1.19.1.

CVSS Scores

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