Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Insecure Entropy Source - Math.random() in node-uuid Affected versions of node-uuid consistently fall back to using Math.random as an entropy source instead of crypto, which may result in guessable UUID's.

Recommendation

Update to version 1.4.4 or later.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
npm	node-uuid	>=0 <1.4.4	1.4.4
debian 14	node-uuid	>=0 <1.4.7-1	1.4.7-1
debian 11	node-uuid	>=0 <1.4.7-1	1.4.7-1
debian 13	node-uuid	>=0 <1.4.7-1	1.4.7-1
debian 12	node-uuid	>=0 <1.4.7-1	1.4.7-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2015-88512. NVD-2015-88513. OSV-2015-88514. OSV-DEBIAN-2015-88515. GCVE-2015-88516. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2015-8851

References

1. https://github.com/broofa/node-uuid/issues/1082. https://github.com/broofa/node-uuid/issues/1223. https://github.com/broofa/node-uuid/commit/672f3834ed02c798aa021c618d0a5666c8da000d4. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13270565. https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/936. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/13/8

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