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Gentoo: GLSA-202307-22 Alert: rclone Lacks Entropy in Random Generation

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Calendar Grey July 7, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Enhance rclone to mitigate unpredictable randomness that jeopardizes password integrity and data privacy on Gentoo.
rclone uses weak random number generation such that generated passwords can be easily cracked.

Summary

Passwords generated with rclone were insecurely generated and are vulnerable to brute force attacks.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo password security random number normal severity data disclosure rclone

Resolution

All rclone users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/rclone-1.53.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-28924 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28924

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-14
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: rclone: Weak random number generation
Date: July 08, 2021
Bugs: #755638
ID: 202107-14

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo password security random number normal severity data disclosure rclone

Synopsis

rclone uses weak random number generation such that generated passwords can be easily cracked.

Background

rclone is a problem to sync files to and from various cloud storage providers.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/rclone < 1.53.3 >= 1.53.3

Impact

===== Data kept secret with a password generated by rclone may be disclosed to a local attacker.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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