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Insecure Randomness Affecting node-uuid package, versions <1.4.4

0.0
medium

  • Attack Complexity

    High

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  • snyk-id

    npm:node-uuid:20160328

  • published

    28 Mar 2016

  • disclosed

    28 Mar 2016

  • credit

    Fedot Praslov

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Introduced: 28 Mar 2016

CVE-2015-8851 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-330 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade node-uuid to version 1.4.4 or greater.

Overview

node-uuid is a Simple, fast generation of RFC4122 UUIDS.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Randomness. It uses the cryptographically insecure Math.random which can produce predictable values and should not be used in security-sensitive context.