# CVE-2024-45751: tgt (aka Linux target framework) before 1.0.93 attempts to achieve entropy by calling rand without srand.

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-06 · Updated: 2024-11-30

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/fujita/tgt/pull/67
- https://github.com/fujita/tgt/compare/v1.0.92...v1.0.93
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/07/2

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