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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLW1yOTUtOXJyNC02Njhm
Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in akka-actor
Lightbend Akka 2.5.x before 2.5.16 allows message disclosure and modification because of an RNG error. A random number generator is used in Akka Remoting for TLS (both classic and Artery Remoting). Akka allows configuration of custom random number generators. For historical reasons, Akka included the AES128CounterSecureRNG and AES256CounterSecureRNG random number generators. The implementations had a bug that caused the generated numbers to be repeated after only a few bytes. The custom RNG implementations were not configured by default but examples in the documentation showed (and therefore implicitly recommended) using the custom ones. This can be used by an attacker to compromise the communication if these random number generators are enabled in configuration. It would be possible to eavesdrop, replay, or modify the messages sent with Akka Remoting/Cluster.
Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mr95-9rr4-668fJSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLW1yOTUtOXJyNC02Njhm
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: over 5 years ago
Updated: over 1 year ago
CVSS Score: 9.1
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Identifiers: GHSA-mr95-9rr4-668f, CVE-2018-16115
References:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16115
- https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/security/2018-08-29-aes-rng.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mr95-9rr4-668f
Affected Packages
maven:com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor_2.12
Dependent packages: 979Dependent repositories: 1,033
Downloads:
Affected Version Ranges: >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.16
Fixed in: 2.5.16
All affected versions: 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 2.5.6, 2.5.7, 2.5.8, 2.5.9, 2.5.10, 2.5.11, 2.5.12, 2.5.13, 2.5.14, 2.5.15
All unaffected versions: 2.4.12, 2.4.13, 2.4.14, 2.4.16, 2.4.17, 2.4.18, 2.4.19, 2.4.20, 2.5.16, 2.5.17, 2.5.18, 2.5.19, 2.5.20, 2.5.21, 2.5.22, 2.5.23, 2.5.24, 2.5.25, 2.5.26, 2.5.27, 2.5.28, 2.5.29, 2.5.30, 2.5.31, 2.5.32, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.6.8, 2.6.9, 2.6.10, 2.6.11, 2.6.12, 2.6.13, 2.6.14, 2.6.15, 2.6.16, 2.6.17, 2.6.18, 2.6.19, 2.6.20, 2.6.21, 2.7.0, 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 2.8.4, 2.8.5
maven:com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor_2.11
Dependent packages: 1,049Dependent repositories: 1,615
Downloads:
Affected Version Ranges: >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.16
Fixed in: 2.5.16
All affected versions: 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 2.5.6, 2.5.7, 2.5.8, 2.5.9, 2.5.10, 2.5.11, 2.5.12, 2.5.13, 2.5.14, 2.5.15
All unaffected versions: 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.3.6, 2.3.7, 2.3.8, 2.3.9, 2.3.10, 2.3.11, 2.3.12, 2.3.13, 2.3.14, 2.3.15, 2.3.16, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.4.7, 2.4.8, 2.4.9, 2.4.10, 2.4.11, 2.4.12, 2.4.13, 2.4.14, 2.4.15, 2.4.16, 2.4.17, 2.4.18, 2.4.19, 2.4.20, 2.5.16, 2.5.17, 2.5.18, 2.5.19, 2.5.20, 2.5.21, 2.5.22, 2.5.23, 2.5.24, 2.5.25, 2.5.26, 2.5.27, 2.5.28, 2.5.29, 2.5.30, 2.5.31, 2.5.32