CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-41210

Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Published: Oct 11, 2022 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.2
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

SAP Customer Data Cloud (Gigya mobile app for Android) - version 7.4, uses insecure random number generator program which makes it easy for the attacker to predict future random numbers. This can lead to information disclosure and modification of certain user settings.

Weakness

The product uses a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in a security context, but the PRNG’s algorithm is not cryptographically strong.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Customer_data_cloud Sap 7.4 (including) 7.4 (including)

Extended Description

When a non-cryptographic PRNG is used in a cryptographic context, it can expose the cryptography to certain types of attacks. Often a pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) is not designed for cryptography. Sometimes a mediocre source of randomness is sufficient or preferable for algorithms that use random numbers. Weak generators generally take less processing power and/or do not use the precious, finite, entropy sources on a system. While such PRNGs might have very useful features, these same features could be used to break the cryptography.

Potential Mitigations

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