Security Testing

Python fuzzingbook 1.2.1 update

Written on 13.11.2023 14:55 by Andreas Zeller

Dear all,

We have released a new fuzzingbook Python package (version 1.2.1). This fixes a nasty bug that would accidentally fix the random seed, making all further random decisions deterministic (i.e., produce the same result every time). This is now fixed.

To update your fuzzingbook package, run

$ pip install --upgrade fuzzingbook

If you want to keep your current fuzzingbook package but work around the bug, insert the following lines after importing from fuzzingbook.

import random
import time
random.seed(time.time())  # make random random again

Thanks a lot to the anonymous student who pointed out the issue!

Best -- Andreas Zeller