CVE-2019-25061

Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25061

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-25061.json

Aliases

• GHSA-ggfx-h9xj-5v9c

Published

2022-05-18T11:15:10Z

Modified

2023-11-29T07:22:17.109487Z

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.

References

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42170239/security-of-rand-in-ruby-compared-to-other-methods/42170560
• 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