[Openstack-security] [Bug 1246160] Re: shuffle method bring potential security issue

Russell Bryant 1246160 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri Feb 7 18:16:52 UTC 2014


** Changed in: nova
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Changed in: nova
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  shuffle method bring potential security issue

Status in OpenStack Compute (Nova):
  Confirmed
Status in OpenStack Security Advisories:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  In the /nova/utils.py, line 328, the source code is below

              r.shuffle(password)

  This code is using shuffle method to generate a random number,
  Standard random number generators should not be used to generate
  randomness used for security reasons. For security sensitive
  randomness a crytographic randomness generator that provides
  sufficient entropy should be used.

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