CVE-2016-6485

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Mar 1, 2017
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Jul 27, 2016

Description

The __construct function in Framework/Encryption/Crypt.php in Magento 2 uses the PHP rand function to generate a random number for the initialization vector, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by guessing the value.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://github.com/magento/magento2/pull/15017
[oss-security] 20160719 Ruining the Magic of Magento's Encryption Librarymailing-list
[oss-security] 20160727 Re: Ruining the Magic of Magento's Encryption Librarymailing-list

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