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Insecure Random Number Generation Affecting com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor_2.12 package, versions [2.5.0, 2.5.16)

0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.17% (54th percentile)
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NVD
9.1 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-COMTYPESAFEAKKA-451679
  • published 22 Jul 2019
  • disclosed 29 Aug 2018
  • credit Rafal Sumislawski
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Introduced: 29 Aug 2018

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CWE-338 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor_2.12 to version 2.5.16 or higher.

Overview

com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor_2.12 is a toolkit for building highly concurrent, distributed, and resilient message-driven applications for Java and Scala.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Random Number Generation. When a custom random number generator is configured, if the AES128CounterSecureRNG and AES256CounterSecureRNG are enabled, a malicious user could easily guess the random number used during encryption and possibly eavesdrop onto ongoing communications. This is due a bug in the AES128CounterSecureRNG and AES256CounterSecureRNG implementations, causing the generated numbers to repeat themselves after a few bytes.