CVE-2021-4238

Published Dec 27, 2022

Last updated 2 years ago

CVSS critical 9.1

Overview

Description: Randomly-generated alphanumeric strings contain significantly less entropy than expected. The RandomAlphaNumeric and CryptoRandomAlphaNumeric functions always return strings containing at least one digit from 0 to 9. This significantly reduces the amount of entropy in short strings generated by these functions.
Source: security@golang.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.1
Impact score: 5.2
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Severity: CRITICAL

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-331

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:goutils_project:goutils:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "92BD6F91-B4BD-48C8-9897-E8A09CDAFCFF",
            "versionEndExcluding": "1.1.1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References