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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-7024-1 Critical: tgt Identical Challenges

tgt could be made to generate identical sequence of challenges.. ========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7024-1 September 19, 2024 tgt vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: tgt could be made to generate identical sequence of challenges. Software Description: - tgt: Linux SCSI target user-space daemon and tools Details: It was discovered that tgt attempts to achieve entropy by calling rand without srand. The PRNG seed is always 1, and thus the sequence of challenges is always identical. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS tgt 1:1.0.79-2ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7024-1 CVE-2024-45751 Package Information: . The Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-7024-1 highlights a tgt vulnerability impacting Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, requiring urgent action.. Ubuntu 20.04, tgt Updates, Security Notice, Linux Daemon. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 19, 2024 •Critical Ubuntu