Security Advisory

CVE-2016-7798

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2017-01-30 22:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 02:04:56
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The openssl gem for Ruby uses the same initialization vector (IV) in GCM Mode (aes-*-gcm) when the IV is set before the key, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to bypass the encryption protection mechanism.