Edit report at http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=14676&edit=1
ID: 14676
Updated by: cweiske@php.net
Reported By: cweiske at php dot net
Summary: Security issue due to seeding random number generator
-Status: Analyzed
+Status: Closed
Type: Bug
Package: HTML_Table_Matrix
Package Version: 1.0.9
PHP Version: Irrelevant
Assigned To: ieure
Roadmap Versions:
New Comment:
-Status: Analyzed
+Status: Closed
This bug has been fixed in CVS.
If this was a documentation problem, the fix will appear on
pear.php.net by the end of next Sunday (CET).
If this was a problem with the pear.php.net website, the change should
be live shortly.
Otherwise, the fix will appear in the package's next release.
Thank you for the report and for helping us make PEAR better.
Will be in release 1.0.10
Previous Comments:
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[2008-09-21 12:10:26] cweiske
Description:
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The package lowers the security of randomly generated numbers by
seeding the random number generator by itself. Please remove the
[mt_]srand() call from the code. Manual seeding is not required since
php 4.2.0, so this is safe.
For more information, read:
http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Random-number-generation-security-problem-p19595503.html
http://news.php.net/php.pear.dev/50791
http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/
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