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Thank you

On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 10:17 AM Ishan Chattopadhyaya <
ichattopadhy...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Recent versions of Solr use 2048.
>
> https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/branch_8_6/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/CryptoKeys.java#L332
>
> Thanks for your report.
>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 3:44 PM Mahir Kabir <mdmahiras...@vt.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am a Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech, USA. While working on a security
> > project-related work, we came across the following vulnerability in the
> > source code -
> >
> > In file
> >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/branch_6_6/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/CryptoKeys.java
> > <
> >
> https://github.com/apache/ranger/blob/71e1dd40366c8eb8e9c498b0b5158d85d603af02/kms/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/RangerKeyStore.java
> > >
> > (at
> > Line 300) Key Size was set as 1024.
> >
> > *Security Impact*:
> >
> > < 2048 key size for RSA algorithm makes the system vulnerable to
> > brute-force attack
> >
> > *Useful resource*:
> > https://rules.sonarsource.com/java/type/Vulnerability/RSPEC-4426
> > https://rules.sonarsource.com/java/type/Vulnerability/RSPEC-4426
> >
> > *Solution we suggest*:
> >
> > For RSA algorithm, the key size should be >= 2048
> >
> > *Please share with us your opinions/comments if there is any*:
> >
> > Is the bug report helpful?
> >
> > Please let us know what you think about the issue. Any feedback will be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Md Mahir Asef Kabir
> > Ph.D. Student
> > Department of CS
> > Virginia Tech
> >
>

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