KRandom regression + fix
Johannes Huber
johu at gentoo.org
Wed Apr 27 07:48:44 BST 2016
> Hi dear packagers,
Hello Frederik,
> KRandom saw a regression in KCoreAddon's 5.21.0 release, which impacts a
> wide range of applications and use cases. Since the rand() was not
> seeded, the numbers generated were predictable, which is ugly in games
> and probably alarming for bluetooth pairing.
thanks for the patch. When i read "randon numbers were predictable" instantly
a alarm bell rings in my head. Is this a security issue?
>
> So you might want to add this patch and update your .0 packages.
>
> https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kcoreaddons.git&a=commit&h=78212436643af95779fac
> d9593c82fb149c2213d
>
> Thank you,
> Frederik
Greetings,
Johannes
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