Ubuntu Security Notice 7024-1 - It was discovered that tgt attempts to achieve entropy by calling rand without srand. The PRNG seed is always 1, and thus the sequence of challenges is always identical.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7024-1
September 19, 2024
tgt vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Summary:
tgt could be made to generate identical sequence of challenges.
Software Description:
- tgt: Linux SCSI target user-space daemon and tools
Details:
It was discovered that tgt attempts to achieve entropy
by calling rand without srand. The PRNG seed is always 1,
and thus the sequence of challenges is always identical.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
tgt 1:1.0.79-2ubuntu1.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7024-1
CVE-2024-45751
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tgt/1:1.0.79-2ubuntu1.1