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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTI2NXEtMjhycC1jaHE1

Insecure Entropy Source - Math.random() in node-uuid

Affected versions of node-uuid consistently fall back to using Math.random as an entropy source instead of crypto, which may result in guessable UUID's.

Recommendation

Update to version 1.4.4 or later.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-265q-28rp-chq5
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: almost 5 years ago
Updated: about 2 years ago

CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Percentage: 0.00306
EPSS Percentile: 0.69697

Identifiers: GHSA-265q-28rp-chq5, CVE-2015-8851
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8851
• https://github.com/broofa/node-uuid/commit/672f3834ed02c798aa021c618d0a5666c8da000d
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1327056
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/13/8
• https://github.com/broofa/node-uuid/issues/108
• https://github.com/broofa/node-uuid/issues/122
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/93
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-265q-28rp-chq5

Repository: https://github.com/broofa/node-uuid
Blast Radius: 40.4

Affected Packages