ubuntu-cve-2019-11690
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-05-03 13:29
Modified
2025-10-24 04:47
Summary
Details

gen_rand_uuid in lib/uuid.c in Das U-Boot v2014.04 through v2019.04 lacks an srand call, which allows attackers to determine UUID values in scenarios where CONFIG_RANDOM_UUID is enabled, and Das U-Boot is relied upon for UUID values of a GUID Partition Table of a boot device.

Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "u-boot",
            "binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "u-boot-exynos",
            "binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "u-boot-imx",
            "binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "u-boot-omap",
            "binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "u-boot-rockchip",
            "binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "u-boot-rpi",
            "binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "u-boot-sunxi",
            "binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "u-boot-tegra",
            "binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "u-boot-tools",
            "binary_version": "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "u-boot",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/u-boot@2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2015.04+dfsg1-2ubuntu1",
        "2015.10+dfsg1-2",
        "2015.10+dfsg1-3",
        "2015.10+dfsg1-4",
        "2016.01+dfsg1-1",
        "2016.01+dfsg1-1ubuntu1",
        "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu1",
        "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu2",
        "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu3",
        "2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "gen_rand_uuid in lib/uuid.c in Das U-Boot v2014.04 through v2019.04 lacks an srand call, which allows attackers to determine UUID values in scenarios where CONFIG_RANDOM_UUID is enabled, and Das U-Boot is relied upon for UUID values of a GUID Partition Table of a boot device.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11690",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:47:38Z",
  "published": "2019-05-03T13:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11690"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1092945"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11690"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-11690"
  ]
}



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