mcrypt_decrypt() error change key size

Question

mcrypt_decrypt(): Key of size 15 not supported by this algorithm. Only keys of sizes 16, 24 or 32 supported

How Can I fix this issue? my key is set - can not change it. It has to be a local change, I think my local PHP version is too advanced for the project I loaded. How can I fix this?

Solution 1

Did you update to 5.6? It says

Invalid key and iv sizes are no longer accepted. mcrypt_decrypt() will now throw a warning and return FALSE if the inputs are invalid. Previously keys and IVs were padded with '\0' bytes to the next valid size.

Reference

Read the last line of that quote, and there you will find your solution :)

mcrypt_decrypt(): Key of size 15 not supported by this algorithm. Only keys of sizes 16, 24 or 32 supported

That means you need to pad your key with \0 (that's what previous versions were doing for you)

$key=$key."\0";

Solution 2

I went ahead and created a function based on Hanky 웃 Panky's answer.

This can be used with any key length to make sure it's the correct size.

function pad_key($key){
    // key is too large
    if(strlen($key) > 32) return false;

    // set sizes
    $sizes = array(16,24,32);

    // loop through sizes and pad key
    foreach($sizes as $s){
        while(strlen($key) < $s) $key = $key."\0";
        if(strlen($key) == $s) break; // finish if the key matches a size
    }

    // return
    return $key;
}

Solution 3

For Laravel 5

Just run php artisan key:generate:

Application key [EaaJgaD0uFDEg7tpvMOqKfAQ46Bqi8Va] set successfully.

If you don't see your key updated, just paste it in your .env file.

APP_KEY=EaaJgaD0uFDEg7tpvMOqKfAQ46Bqi8Va

Refresh your page

Solution 4

I had this issue with OSTicket 1.6 ST (yes old version I know). Hosting company just went to PHP 5.6 and it broke the Mail Fetch for cron.php. I'm posting this hoping it helps others fix this issue faster.

You have to edit the file "include/class.misc.php".

Add the function "pad_key" provided in the answer authored by @troskater to the "include/class.misc.php" file and then on line 51 in the function "decrypt" change

return trim(mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, $salt,...

to instead use

return trim(mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, pad_key($salt),...

Solution 5

You can just use str_pad() for this. In its simplest form, this will suffice.

function padKey($key) 
{
    // Get the current key size
    $keySize = strlen($key);

    // Set an array containing the valid sizes
    $validSizes = [16,24,32];

    // Loop through sizes and return correct padded $key
    foreach($validSizes as $validSize) {
        if ($keySize <= $validSize) return str_pad($key, $validSize, "\0");
    }

    // Throw an exception if the key is greater than the max size
    throw new Exception("Key size is too large"); 

}

The other answers will do just fine. I'm just taking advantage of the built in PHP function str_pad here instead of appending "\0" in a loop.

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