1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7024-1

USN-7024-1: tgt vulnerability

Publication date

19 September 2024

Overview

tgt could be made to generate identical sequence of challenges.

Releases

Packages

  • 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.

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

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal tgt –  1:1.0.79-2ubuntu1.1

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