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High · 7.5 CVE-2013-7463 EUVD-2017-0161GHSA-4c4w-3q45-hp9j

Aescrypt does not sufficiently use random values

Published Apr 19, 2017 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The aescrypt gem 1.0.0 for Ruby does not randomize the CBC IV for use with the AESCrypt.encrypt and AESCrypt.decrypt functions, which allows attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a chosen plaintext attack.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
RubyGems aescrypt <= 1.0.0 — GHSA-4c4w-3q45-hp9j

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