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AES usage is insecure in LegacySecurePreferences #42

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vraychev opened this issue Apr 4, 2018 · 0 comments
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AES usage is insecure in LegacySecurePreferences #42

vraychev opened this issue Apr 4, 2018 · 0 comments

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vraychev commented Apr 4, 2018

The initialization values for AES/CBC should be secure random sequence, not hardcoded text to ensure that the same messages are not encrypted the same (revealing equality to an attacker).

A possible fix is to use SecureRandom in

protected IvParameterSpec getIv()
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