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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2024-45751 json

tgt (aka Linux target framework) before 1.0.93 attempts to achieve entropy by calling rand without srand.

published 2024-09-06 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-41704

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

tgt (aka Linux target framework) before 1.0.93 attempts to achieve entropy by calling rand without srand. The PRNG seed is always 1, and thus the sequence of challenges is always identical.

Patch / fix

  • tgt Debian 12 1:1.0.85-1+deb12u1
  • tgt Debian 14, Debian 13 1:1.0.85-1.3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45751

  • tgt Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:1.0.79-2ubuntu1.1
  • tgt Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1:1.0.43-0ubuntu4.1~14.04.3+esm1
  • tgt Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:1.0.63-1ubuntu1.1+esm1
  • tgt Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1:1.0.72-1ubuntu1+esm1
  • tgt Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1:1.0.80-1ubuntu2+esm1
  • tgt Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 1:1.0.85-1.1ubuntu6+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45751

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • tgt SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 1.0.85-150600.10.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02740-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.