GHSA-ggfx-h9xj-5v9c
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ggfx-h9xj-5v9c
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-ggfx-h9xj-5v9c/GHSA-ggfx-h9xj-5v9c.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-ggfx-h9xj-5v9c
- Aliases
- Published
- 2022-05-19T00:00:40Z
- Modified
- 2023-11-01T04:50:54.838073Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Insecure PRNG use in random_password_generator
- Details
-
The randompasswordgenerator (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.
- Database specific
{ "github_reviewed_at": "2022-05-25T20:15:34Z", "severity": "HIGH", "github_reviewed": true, "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-330", "CWE-335" ], "nvd_published_at": "2022-05-18T11:15:00Z" }- References
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- 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
- https://github.com/bvsatyaram/random_password_generator/blob/2855e8d7d8803dbb580ddd6cf13846394eb4530e/lib/random_password_generator.rb#L23
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/random_password_generator/CVE-2019-25061.yml
- 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
Affected packages
RubyGems / random_password_generator
Package
- Name
- random_password_generator
- Purl
- pkg:gem/random_password_generator