Upstream information

CVE-2021-4238 at MITRE

Description

Randomly-generated alphanumeric strings contain significantly less entropy than expected. The RandomAlphaNumeric and CryptoRandomAlphaNumeric functions always return strings containing at least one digit from 0 to 9. This significantly reduces the amount of entropy in short strings generated by these functions.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1206731 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

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Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 terraform Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 terraform Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 terraform Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 terraform Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.5 terraform Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.6 terraform Ignore
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 terraform Ignore
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 terraform Ignore
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 terraform-provider-openstack Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 terraform Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 terraform Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP3 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 terraform Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 terraform Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 terraform Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 terraform Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 terraform Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 terraform Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 terraform Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 terraform Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 terraform Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 terraform Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 terraform Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.3 terraform Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.4 terraform Ignore

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Dec 28 03:00:30 2022
CVE page last modified: Fri Sep 13 13:12:59 2024