Vulnerability in aescrypt because IV is not randomized
Published: October 01, 2013
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- CVE: CVE-2013-7463 (NVD)
- GHSA: GHSA-4c4w-3q45-hp9j
- Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/Gurpartap/aescrypt/issues/4
GEM
SEVERITY
CVSS v3.x: 7.5 (High)
PATCHED VERSIONS
None available.
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.