JLLeitschuh commented on a change in pull request #459: (doc): Document public
RandomStringUtils exploit
URL: https://github.com/apache/commons-lang/pull/459#discussion_r324838928
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File path: src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/RandomStringUtils.java
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@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@
* RandomStringGenerator</a> instead.</p>
*
* <p>Caveat: Instances of {@link Random}, upon which the implementation of
this
- * class relies, are not cryptographically secure.</p>
+ * class relies, are <b>not cryptographically secure</b>.
+ * Do not use this classes' default implementation of {@link Random} in
security sensitive locations,
+ * for example password reset key generation, as all future values can be
computed as proven by
+ * <a
href="https://medium.com/@alex91ar/the-java-soothsayer-a-practical-application-for-insecure-randomness-c67b0cd148cd";>
Review comment:
I mean, it's not that hard to find if you know what to Google. But this
makes a software engineer/PEN Tester/security researchers life easier by fully
explaining the potential impacts of their choices here. I figure the more
documentation, the better.
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