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Spring Security uses insufficiently random values

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 16, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

maven org.springframework.security:spring-security-core (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.12
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.12
>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.5

Patched versions

4.2.12
5.0.12
5.1.5

Description

Spring Security versions 4.2.x prior to 4.2.12, 5.0.x prior to 5.0.12, and 5.1.x prior to 5.1.5 contain an insecure randomness vulnerability when using SecureRandomFactoryBean#setSeed to configure a SecureRandom instance. In order to be impacted, an honest application must provide a seed and make the resulting random material available to an attacker for inspection.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 9, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 16, 2019
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.427%
(75th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-3795

GHSA ID

GHSA-v2r2-7qm7-jj6v

Source code

No known source code
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