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[jira] [Updated] (CASSANDRA-16389) Using a cryptographically weak
Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG)
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-16389?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Ya Xiao updated CASSANDRA-16389:
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Summary: Using a cryptographically weak Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) (was: Using a cryptographically weak Pseudo Number Generator (PRNG))
> Using a cryptographically weak Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG)
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> Key: CASSANDRA-16389
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-16389
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Ya Xiao
> Priority: Normal
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> We are a security research team at Virginia Tech. We are doing an empirical study about the usefulness of the existing security vulnerability detection tools. The following is a reported vulnerability by certain tools. We'll so appreciate it if you can give any feedback on it.
> *Vulnerability Description*
> In file org.apache.cassandra.gms.Gossiper.java, use java.util.Random instead of java.security.SecureRandom at Line 123.
> *Security Impact:*
> Java.util.Random is not cryptographically strong and may expose sensitive information to certain types of attacks when used in a security context.
> *Useful Resources*:
> https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/338.html
> *Solution we suggest*
> Replace it with SecureRandom
> *Please share with us your opinions/comments if there is any*
> Is the bug report helpful?
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