bvsatyaram/random_password_generator · Security
Insecure PRNG use in random_password_generator
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-ggfx-h9xj-5v9c
- CVE ID
- CVE-2019-25061
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
The random_password_generator (aka RandomPasswordGenerator) gem through 1.0.0 for Ruby uses Kernel#rand to generate passwords, which, due to its cyclic nature, can facilitate password prediction.
CWEs
- CWE-330 · Use of Insufficiently Random Values
- CWE-335 · Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25061 ↗
- https://github.com/bvsatyaram/random_password_generator/pull/1 ↗
- https://github.com/bvsatyaram/random_password_generator/blob/2855e8d7d8803dbb580ddd6cf13846394eb4530e/lib/random_password_generator.rb#L23 ↗
- https://ruby-doc.org/core-3.1.2/Random.html ↗
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42170239/security-of-rand-in-ruby-compared-to-other-methods/42170560 ↗
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/random_password_generator/CVE-2019-25061.yml ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ggfx-h9xj-5v9c ↗