Do some silly changes to introduce vulns in a few projects#8
Do some silly changes to introduce vulns in a few projects#8
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| function insecurePassword(): string { | ||
| // BAD: the random suffix is not cryptographically secure | ||
| const suffix = Math.random(); | ||
| const password = "myPassword" + suffix; |
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To fix the problem, we need to replace the use of Math.random() with a cryptographically secure random number generator. In Node.js, we can use the crypto module's randomBytes method to generate secure random values. We will convert these bytes to a number and use it as the suffix for the password.
- Import the
cryptomodule. - Replace the
Math.random()call with a secure random number generation usingcrypto.randomBytes. - Ensure the generated random number is in the desired range.
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| import fs from "fs"; | ||
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| import crypto from "crypto"; | ||
| import * as util from "./util.ts"; | ||
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| function insecurePassword(): string { | ||
| // BAD: the random suffix is not cryptographically secure | ||
| const suffix = Math.random(); | ||
| // GOOD: the random suffix is cryptographically secure | ||
| const suffix = crypto.randomBytes(4).readUInt32BE(0); | ||
| const password = "myPassword" + suffix; |
| function insecurePassword(): string { | ||
| // BAD: the random suffix is not cryptographically secure | ||
| const suffix = Math.random(); | ||
| const password = "myPassword" + suffix; |
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To fix the problem, we need to replace the use of Math.random() with a cryptographically secure random number generator. In a Node.js environment, we can use the crypto module's randomBytes method to generate a secure random number. This method provides cryptographically strong pseudo-random data.
We will:
- Import the
cryptomodule. - Replace the
Math.random()call with a call tocrypto.randomBytes. - Convert the random bytes to a number or string that can be appended to the password.
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| import type { HelperMetadata } from "./helpers-generated.ts"; | ||
| import { randomBytes } from "crypto"; | ||
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| function insecurePassword(): string { | ||
| // BAD: the random suffix is not cryptographically secure | ||
| const suffix = Math.random(); | ||
| // GOOD: the random suffix is cryptographically secure | ||
| const suffix = randomBytes(4).toString('hex'); | ||
| const password = "myPassword" + suffix; |
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Fixes #1, Fixes #2