Bug 1422009

Summary:	nodejs-ws: Use of cryptographically insecure Math.random
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	abhgupta, nodejs-sig, tdawson, tiwillia
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	nodejs-ws 1.1.2, nodejs-ws 2.0.0	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2019-06-08 03:07:37 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1422010, 1422011, 1422012
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-02-14 10:11:05 UTC

A vulnerability was found in the nodejs ws package. 

Affected versions of the package use the cryptographically insecure Math.random which can produce predictable values and should not be used in security-sensitive context.

References:

https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:ws:20160920
https://medium.com/@betable/tifu-by-using-math-random-f1c308c4fd9d#.t00x80pbh

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/websockets/ws/pull/832

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/websockets/ws/commit/7253f06f5432c76f3e82e2c055fcea08b612d8b2

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-02-14 10:12:05 UTC

Created nodejs-ws tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1422010]
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1422011]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1422012]