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* fix double String.fromCharCode

* use crypto module if available

Co-authored-by: Julian Gruber <[email protected]>
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kevinbackhouse and juliangruber authored Oct 11, 2021
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var prng = forge.prng = {};
var crypto = null;

var crypto;
try {
crypto = require('crypto');
} catch (_) {}

prng.create = function(plugin) {
var ctx = {
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// throw in more pseudo random
next = seed >>> (i << 3);
next ^= Math.floor(Math.random() * 0xFF);
b.putByte(String.fromCharCode(next & 0xFF));
b.putByte(next & 0xFF);
}
}
}
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@ChALkeR ChALkeR commented on 9596418 Oct 12, 2021 •
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How is this a fix?

This looks like it still falls back to xorshift128+ for the purpose of ssh keys generation?

That... doesn't look like a good idea perhaps.

Why is Math.random based code even present there?

The environments where there is no way to generate the key in a secure way should fail, and not fall back to a predictable pseudo-random generator.

Note: not considering this confidential, as this is all over Twitter now afaik.

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I'm not a security researcher myself so I'm preferring to relay judgement of this issue to those who are, which has happened in this advisory.

At this point I'm not going to perform any major changes to this library myself. If you want to contribute, would you consider making a docs PR with your concerns, adding a disclaimer to the README?

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Thank you for responding promptly to the security researchers and taking the time to merge this security fix. A good example of how to handle security related bug reports.

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