Description
An issue was discovered in the rand_core crate before 0.6.2 for Rust. Because read_u32_into and read_u64_into mishandle certain buffer-length checks, a random number generator may be seeded with too little data.
Published: 2021-02-18
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-1910 An issue was discovered in the rand_core crate before 0.6.2 for Rust. Because read_u32_into and read_u64_into mishandle certain buffer-length checks, a random number generator may be seeded with too little data.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w7j2-35mf-95p7 Incorrect check on buffer length in rand_core
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Rand Core Project Rand Core
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:48:16.403Z

Reserved: 2021-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-27378

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-18T04:15:11.823

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:57:52.450

Link: CVE-2021-27378

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