Medium
u-boot — security advisory
gen_rand_uuid in lib/uuid.c in Das U-Boot v2014.04 through v2019.04 lacks an srand call, which allows attackers to determine UUID values in scenarios where CONFIG_RANDOM_UUID is enabled, and Das U-Boot is relied upon for UUID values of a GUID Partition Table of a boot device.
- Products
- u-boot
- Affected versions
- 2015.04+dfsg1-2ubuntu1, 2015.10+dfsg1-2, 2015.10+dfsg1-3, 2015.10+dfsg1-4, 2016.01+dfsg1-1, 2016.01+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu1, 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu2, 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu3, 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5, 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm1, 2016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2019-11690
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:19 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
gen_rand_uuid in lib/uuid.c in Das U-Boot v2014.04 through v2019.04 lacks an srand call, which allows attackers to determine UUID values in scenarios where CONFIG_RANDOM_UUID is enabled, and Das U-Boot is relied upon for UUID values of a GUID Partition Table of a boot device.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11690
u-boot
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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