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Drupal security update fixes a laundry list of problems, including predictable random numbers

The Debian Linux security team recently pushed out an wry security advisory for popular web content management system (CMS) Drupal. Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Drupal, a fully-featured content management framework. The new code uses a function that at least tries to use a cryptographic-quality random generator, drupal_random_bytes() calling OpenSSL or reading from Unixs /dev/urandom. The old code used a PHP function called mt_rand() for generating random passwords.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/11/29/drupal-security-update-fixes-a-laundry-list-of-problems-including-predictable-random-numbers/

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