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CVE-2019-11690

gen_rand_uuid in lib/uuid.c in Das U-Boot v2014.04 through v2019.04 lacks an srand call, which...

5.9 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: High
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.19%Up 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.9

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.

Record: CVE-2019-11690
CVSS 3.0: 5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-330
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

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.

Record: CVE-2019-11690
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2019-3360 No score

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.

Record: EUVD-2019-3360
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6xpg-gw5j-9x8w 5.9

gen_rand_uuid in lib/uuid.c in Das U-Boot v2014.04 through v2019.04 lacks an srand call, which...

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.

Record: GHSA-6xpg-gw5j-9x8w
CVSS 3.0: 5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-330
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 5.9

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.

Record: CVE-2019-11690
CVSS 3.0: 5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-11690 5.9

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.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11690
CVSS 3.0: 5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-11690 5.9

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.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11690
CVSS 3.0: 5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:1930-1 No score

Security update for u-boot

This update for u-boot fixes the following issues:

CVE-2019-14192 (bsc#1143777), CVE-2019-14193 (bsc#1143817), CVE-2019-14199 (bsc#1143824), CVE-2019-14197 (bsc#1143821), CVE-2019-14200 (bsc#1143825), CVE-2019-14201 (bsc#1143827), CVE-2019-14202 (bsc#1143828), CVE-2019-14203 (bsc#1143830), CVE-2019-14204 (bsc#1143831), CVE-2019-14194 (bsc#1143818), CVE-2019-14198 (bsc#1143823), CVE-2019-14195 (bsc#1143819), CVE-2019-14196 (bsc#1143820), CVE-2019-13103 (bsc#1143463), CVE-2020-8432 (bsc#1162198), CVE-2019-11059 (bsc#1134853), CVE-2019-11690 (bsc#1134157) and CVE-2020-10648 (bsc#1167209)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2020:1930-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVSUSE-SU-2020:3255-1 No score

Security update for u-boot

This update for u-boot fixes the following issues:

CVE-2019-14192 (bsc#1143777), CVE-2019-14193 (bsc#1143817), CVE-2019-14199 (bsc#1143824), CVE-2019-14197 (bsc#1143821), CVE-2019-14200 (bsc#1143825), CVE-2019-14201 (bsc#1143827),
CVE-2019-14202 (bsc#1143828), CVE-2019-14203 (bsc#1143830), CVE-2019-14204 (bsc#1143831), CVE-2019-14194 (bsc#1143818), CVE-2019-14198 (bsc#1143823), CVE-2019-14195 (bsc#1143819), CVE-2019-14196 (bsc#1143820), CVE-2019-13103 (bsc#1143463), CVE-2020-8432 (bsc#1162198), CVE-2019-11059 (bsc#1134853), CVE-2019-11690 (bsc#1134157) and CVE-2020-10648 (bsc#1167209).

Fix USB keyboard problems (bsc#1160566).

Record: SUSE-SU-2020:3255-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVSUSE-SU-2020:3256-1 No score

Security update for u-boot

This update for u-boot fixes the following issues:

Fix CVE-2019-13106 (bsc#1144656), CVE-2019-13104 (bsc#1144675), CVE-2019-14192 (bsc#1143777), CVE-2019-14193 (bsc#1143817), CVE-2019-14199 (bsc#1143824), CVE-2019-14197 (bsc#1143821), CVE-2019-14200 (bsc#1143825), CVE-2019-14201 (bsc#1143827), CVE-2019-14202 (bsc#1143828), CVE-2019-14203 (bsc#1143830), CVE-2019-14204 (bsc#1143831), CVE-2019-14194 (bsc#1143818), CVE-2019-14198 (bsc#1143823), CVE-2019-14195 (bsc#1143819), CVE-2019-14196 (bsc#1143820), CVE-2019-13103 (bsc#1143463), CVE-2020-8432 (bsc#1162198), CVE-2019-11059 (bsc#1134853), CVE-2019-11690 (bsc#1134157) and CVE-2020-10648 (bsc#1167209)

Record: SUSE-SU-2020:3256-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVSUSE-SU-2020:3282-1 No score

Security update for u-boot

This update for u-boot fixes the following issues:

CVE-2019-14192 (bsc#1143777), CVE-2019-14193 (bsc#1143817), CVE-2019-14199 (bsc#1143824), CVE-2019-14197 (bsc#1143821), CVE-2019-14200 (bsc#1143825), CVE-2019-14201 (bsc#1143827), CVE-2019-14202 (bsc#1143828), CVE-2019-14203 (bsc#1143830), CVE-2019-14204 (bsc#1143831), CVE-2019-14194 (bsc#1143818), CVE-2019-14198 (bsc#1143823), CVE-2019-14195 (bsc#1143819), CVE-2019-14196 (bsc#1143820), CVE-2019-13103 (bsc#1143463), CVE-2020-8432 (bsc#1162198), CVE-2019-11059 (bsc#1134853), CVE-2019-11690 (bsc#1134157) and CVE-2020-10648 (bsc#1167209)

Record: SUSE-SU-2020:3282-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVSUSE-SU-2020:3283-1 No score

Security update for u-boot

This update for u-boot fixes the following issues:

Fix network boot on Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (bsc#1098649)
Fix GOP pixel format (bsc#1098447)
Fix SD writes on Raspberry Pi
Enable a few more armv7 boards to boot with EFI
Fix potentially miscompiled runtime service calls

Fix CVE-2019-14192 (bsc#1143777), CVE-2019-14193 (bsc#1143817), CVE-2019-14199 (bsc#1143824), CVE-2019-14197 (bsc#1143821), CVE-2019-14200 (bsc#1143825), CVE-2019-14201 (bsc#1143827),
CVE-2019-14202 (bsc#1143828), CVE-2019-14203 (bsc#1143830), CVE-2019-14204 (bsc#1143831), CVE-2019-14194 (bsc#1143818), CVE-2019-14198 (bsc#1143823), CVE-2019-14195 (bsc#1143819), CVE-2019-14196 (bsc#1143820), CVE-2019-13103 (bsc#1143463), CVE-2020-8432 (bsc#1162198), CVE-2019-11059 (bsc#1134853), CVE-2019-11690 (bsc#1134157) and CVE-2020-10648 (bsc#1167209)

Record: SUSE-SU-2020:3283-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVSUSE-SU-2020:3474-1 No score

Security update for u-boot

This update for u-boot fixes the following issues:

Work around CVE-2019-11059 by disabling 64Bit descritptor size (bsc#1134853)

CVE-2019-11690 (bsc#1134157), CVE-2020-10648 (bsc#1167209), CVE-2019-13103 (bsc#1143463), CVE-2019-14197 (bsc#1143821), CVE-2019-14200 (bsc#1143825), CVE-2019-14201 (bsc#1143827), CVE-2019-14202 (bsc#1143828), CVE-2019-14203 (bsc#1143830), CVE-2019-14204 (bsc#1143831), CVE-2019-14194 (bsc#1143818), CVE-2019-14198 (bsc#1143823), CVE-2019-14195 (bsc#1143819), CVE-2019-14196 (bsc#1143820), CVE-2019-14299 (bsc#1143824), CVE-2019-14192 (bsc#1143777), CVE-2019-14193 (bsc#1143817).

Record: SUSE-SU-2020:3474-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

denx u-boot

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`u-boot` Debian:12	before 2019.01+dfsg-6	2019.01+dfsg-6
`u-boot` Debian:13	before 2019.01+dfsg-6	2019.01+dfsg-6
`u-boot` Debian:14	before 2019.01+dfsg-6	2019.01+dfsg-6
`u-boot` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2019.01-5.3.1	2019.01-5.3.1
`u-boot-rpi3` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2019.01-5.3.1	2019.01-5.3.1
`u-boot` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2019.01-5.3.1	2019.01-5.3.1
`u-boot-rpi3` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2019.01-5.3.1	2019.01-5.3.1
`u-boot` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS From an advisory covering 20 CVEs	before 2018.03-4.3.1	2018.03-4.3.1
`u-boot-rpi3` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS From an advisory covering 20 CVEs	before 2018.03-4.3.1	2018.03-4.3.1
`u-boot` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2019.01-7.10.1	2019.01-7.10.1

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`u-boot-rpi3` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2019.01-7.10.2	2019.01-7.10.2
`u-boot` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2018.03-4.6.1	2018.03-4.6.1
`u-boot-rpi3` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2018.03-4.6.2	2018.03-4.6.2
`u-boot` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2018.03-4.6.1	2018.03-4.6.1
`u-boot-rpi3` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2018.03-4.6.2	2018.03-4.6.2
`u-boot` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2018.03-4.6.1	2018.03-4.6.1
`u-boot-rpi3` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2018.03-4.6.2	2018.03-4.6.2
`u-boot` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2018.03-4.6.1	2018.03-4.6.1
`u-boot` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS From an advisory covering 17 CVEs	before 2016.07-12.3.1	2016.07-12.3.1
`u-boot-rpi3` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS From an advisory covering 17 CVEs	before 2016.07-12.3.1	2016.07-12.3.1
`u-boot` SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5 From an advisory covering 17 CVEs	before 2016.07-12.3.1	2016.07-12.3.1
`u-boot-rpi3` SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5 From an advisory covering 17 CVEs	before 2016.07-12.3.1	2016.07-12.3.1
`u-boot` Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 2015.04+dfsg1-2ubuntu12015.10+dfsg1-22015.10+dfsg1-32015.10+dfsg1-42016.01+dfsg1-1 Show 7 moreShow less 2016.01+dfsg1-1ubuntu12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu22016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu32016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu52016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm12016.01+dfsg1-2ubuntu5+esm2	None known
`u-boot` openSUSE:Leap 15.1 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs	before 2019.01-lp151.6.13.1	2019.01-lp151.6.13.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-11690 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Denx U-boot, published May 3, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.19%, the 67th percentile. Fixed in u-boot 2019.01+dfsg-6.

References

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