Aescrypt does not sufficiently use random values (GHSA-4c4w-3q45-hp9j)
Published: 2017-10-24T18:33:36Z
Aliases: CVE-2013-7463
Severity: HIGH · CWE: CWE-330

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:
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: aescrypt
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 0
last_affected: 1.0.0