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{
"summary" : "Strengthened cipher seed with more unpredictable value",
"change" : "Added a better seed to the pseudorandom number generation to make numbers in successive runs more random",
"reviewGuidanceJustification" : "There should be no difference to the code what random numbers are generated. If there is, this change will surface that issue. This case could indicate a serious security weakness.",
"references" : [
"https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/MSC32-C.+Properly+seed+pseudorandom+number+generators",
"https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/MSC51-CPP.+Ensure+your+random+number+generator+is+properly+seeded",
"https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/337.html",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_seed"
]
}