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rustsec-2020-0089
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2020-12-09 12:00
Modified
2023-06-13 13:10
Summary
nanorand 0.5.0 - RNGs failed to generate properly for non-64-bit numbers
Details

In versions of nanorand prior to 0.5.1, RandomGen implementations for standard unsigned integers could fail to properly generate numbers, due to using bit-shifting to truncate a 64-bit number, rather than just an as conversion.

This often manifested as RNGs returning nothing but 0, including the cryptographically secure ChaCha random number generator..


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [
          "crypto-failure"
        ],
        "cvss": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
        "informational": null
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
        "affects": {
          "arch": [],
          "functions": [],
          "os": []
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "nanorand",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/nanorand"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.0-0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.5.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-35926",
    "GHSA-m9m5-cg5h-r582"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "In versions of `nanorand` prior to 0.5.1, `RandomGen` implementations for standard unsigned integers could\nfail to properly generate numbers, due to using bit-shifting to truncate a 64-bit number, rather than just\nan `as` conversion.\n\nThis often manifested as RNGs returning nothing but 0, including the cryptographically secure `ChaCha` random\nnumber generator..",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2020-0089",
  "modified": "2023-06-13T13:10:24Z",
  "published": "2020-12-09T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/nanorand"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0089.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://twitter.com/aspenluxxxy/status/1336684692284772352"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "nanorand 0.5.0 - RNGs failed to generate properly for non-64-bit numbers"
}



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