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SCA: security update for github.com/miekg/dns (GHSA-44r7-7p62-q3fr)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409943

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The miekg Go DNS package before 1.1.25, as used in CoreDNS before 1.6.6 and other products, improperly
 generates random numbers because math/rand is used. The TXID becomes predictable, leading to response
 forgeries. (CVE-2019-19794)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-44r7-7p62-q3fr

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409943

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19794

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19794