In short
- CVE-2013-7463 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting aescrypt, aescrypt (aescrypt project).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 66.9% of all vulnerabilities.
- No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| aescrypt RubyGems | ≤ 1.0.0
| No fix yet |
| aescrypt | ≤ 1.0.0
| No fix yet |
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.
NVD 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.
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