CVE-2023-31124
AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation
Severity Score
3.7
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. When cross-compiling c-ares and using the autotools build system, CARES_RANDOM_FILE will not be set, as seen when cross compiling aarch64 android. This will downgrade to using rand() as a fallback which could allow an attacker to take advantage of the lack of entropy by not using a CSPRNG. This issue was patched in version 1.19.1.
A flaw was found in c-ares. This issue occurs when cross-compiling c-ares and using the autotools build system, CARES_RANDOM_FILE will not be set, as seen when cross-compiling aarch64 android. As a result, it will downgrade to rand(), which could allow an attacker to utilize the lack of entropy by not using a CSPRNG.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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Timeline
- 2023-04-24 CVE Reserved
- 2023-05-25 CVE Published
- 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
- 2024-11-04 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-330: Use of Insufficiently Random Values
CAPEC
References (7)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/releases/tag/cares-1_19_1 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/security/advisories/GHSA-54xr-f67r-4pc4 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5Z5XFNXTNPTCBBVXFDNZQVLLIE6VRBY | Mailing List |
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| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBFWILTA33LOSV23P44FGTQQIDRJHIY7 | Mailing List |
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| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-09 | Third Party Advisory |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31124 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209494 | 2023-11-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| C-ares Project Search vendor "C-ares Project" | C-ares Search vendor "C-ares Project" for product "C-ares" | < 1.19.1 Search vendor "C-ares Project" for product "C-ares" and version " < 1.19.1" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 37 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "37" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 38 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "38" | - |
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