Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-19794 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) vulnerability in Miekg-Dns Project Miekg-Dns

047910
CVSS 5.9 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
network
high complexity
miekg-dns-project
CWE-338
NVD
Published: 2019-12-13
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

The miekg Go DNS package before 1.1.25, as used in CoreDNS before 1.6.6 and other products, improperly generates random numbers because math/rand is used. The TXID becomes predictable, leading to response forgeries.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Miekg-Dns_Project
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References