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A weak, possibly reversible initialization vector is passed as a parameter.
Some cryptography algorithms are nowadays considered as outdated and unsafe or actually broken, since they are too easy to decode. This checker identifies uses of unsafe algorithms for cryptography.
| Class Name | Weak Initialization Vector Value (C#) | |||||||||||||||
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| Significance | security | |||||||||||||||
| Mnemonic | CSHARP.CRYPTO.WIV | |||||||||||||||
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| Availability | Available for C# only. |
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| Enabling | Checks for this warning class are enabled by
default. To disable them, add the following WARNING_FILTER rule to the
project configuration file.
WARNING_FILTER += discard class="Weak Initialization Vector Value (C#)" |
Japanese (ja)
using System.Security.Cryptography;
namespace TestNameSpace
{
class MyClass
{
public static ICryptoTransform CreateEncryptor(SymmetricAlgorithm alg, byte[] key) {
return alg.CreateEncryptor(key, new byte[2] { 0, 2 }); // 'Weak Initialization Vector Value (C#)'
// warning issued here
}
}
}
Generate a secure random Initialization Vector.
The following configuration file parameters affect checks for this warning class.
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