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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202107-14">
  <title>rclone: Weak random number generation</title>
  <synopsis>rclone uses weak random number generation such that generated
    passwords can be easily cracked.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">rclone</product>
  <announced>2021-07-08</announced>
  <revised count="1">2021-07-08</revised>
  <bug>755638</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/rclone" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.53.3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.53.3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>rclone is a problem to sync files to and from various cloud storage
      providers.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Passwords generated with rclone were insecurely generated and are
      vulnerable to brute force attacks.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>Data kept secret with a password generated by rclone may be disclosed to
      a local attacker.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All rclone users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/rclone-1.53.3"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28924">CVE-2020-28924</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2021-05-31T20:48:28Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2021-07-08T03:19:54Z">ajak</metadata>
</glsa>
