CVE-2021-4238

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  3. CVE-2021-4238
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.

9.1 /10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/Masterminds/goutils/commit/869801f20f9f1e7ecdbdb6422049d8241270d5e1 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0411 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:goutils_project:goutils:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
History

05 Jan 2023, 04:43

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:goutils_project:goutils:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
References (MISC) https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0411 - (MISC) https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0411 - Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/Masterminds/goutils/commit/869801f20f9f1e7ecdbdb6422049d8241270d5e1 - (MISC) https://github.com/Masterminds/goutils/commit/869801f20f9f1e7ecdbdb6422049d8241270d5e1 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
CWE CWE-331
First Time Goutils Project goutils
Goutils Project
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.1

27 Dec 2022, 22:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2022-12-27 22:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:48

NVD link : CVE-2021-4238

Mitre link : CVE-2021-4238

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-4238

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Products Affected

goutils_project

  • goutils
CWE
CWE-331

Insufficient Entropy