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Bug #49561 mcrypt warns about having no IV in ECB mode
Submitted: 2009-09-15 12:58 UTC Modified: 2010-05-19 16:15 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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Same OS:0 (0.0%)
From: terrafrost@php.net Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: mcrypt related
PHP Version: 5.2.10 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-09-15 12:58 UTC] terrafrost@php.net
Description:
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mcrypt complains about their being no IV even if ECB mode is being used.  Since ECB mode doesn't use IVs, it seems like no such warning should be produced.

Bug #43143 is fairly similar to this one, except that that one produced a slightly different error.  Also, that one was closed on the basis that it had been fixed.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
$td = mcrypt_module_open(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, '', MCRYPT_MODE_ECB, '');
mcrypt_generic_init($td, 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa', '');
?>

Expected result:
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I would expect that to just run its course and output nothing.

Actual result:
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I get the following:

Warning: mcrypt_generic_init(): Iv size incorrect; supplied length: 0, needed: 16 in C:\php\test.php on line 3

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 [2009-09-20 18:17 UTC] sjoerd@php.net
I think this is a bug in mcrypt. The libmcrypt function mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size returns 16 for ECB. The manual says: "If it is ?0? then the IV is ignored in that algorithm," which implies that mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size should return 0 when the mode is ECB.

C-code example:

#include "mcrypt.h"
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
	MCRYPT td = mcrypt_module_open(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128, NULL, MCRYPT_ECB, NULL);
	printf("IV size for ECB: %d\n", mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size(td)); // prints '16'
}
 [2010-05-19 16:15 UTC] mike@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Wont fix
 [2010-05-19 16:15 UTC] mike@php.net
No upstream activity since years.
 
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