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Mageia 9: MGASA-2024-0304 Moderate: tgt Entropy Challenge Fix

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Calendar Grey September 16, 2024
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Revised tgt packages resolve a vulnerability in Mageia, safeguarding effective entropy handling.
tgt (aka Linux target framework) before 1.0.93 attempts to achieve entropy by calling rand without srand

Summary

tgt (aka Linux target framework) before 1.0.93 attempts to achieve entropy by calling rand without srand. The PRNG seed is always 1, and thus the sequence of challenges is always identical. (CVE-2024-45751)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33545

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/07/2

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45751

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate mageia entropy issue tgt framework

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/tgt-1.0.85-1.1.mga9

Severity
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Publication date: 16 Sep 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0304.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-45751

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate mageia entropy issue tgt framework

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