PT-2020-17558
CVE-2020-35926
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Published
2020-12-09
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Updated
2021-08-25
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
nanorand versions prior to 0.5.1
Description
An issue in the nanorand crate caused random number generators, including the cryptographically secure ChaCha, to return all zeroes due to mishandled integer truncation. This occurred because the implementation used bit-shifting to truncate a 64-bit number instead of an
as conversion, leading to improper number generation.Recommendations
For versions prior to 0.5.1, update to version 0.5.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of random number generators that rely on the affected
RandomGen implementations until a patch is available. Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾