Larry Wall Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora Random Number Generator missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Larry Wall Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Random Number Generator. Performing a manipulation results in missing encryption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2003-0900. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Larry Wall Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora (Programming Language Software). This affects some unknown processing of the component Random Number Generator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora Core does not properly initialize the random number generator when forking, which makes it easier for attackers to predict random numbers.

The weakness was shared 12/31/2003 as Bug tps://b as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0900 since 10/29/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 217435 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2011-2686), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (217435). The entries VDB-56988, VDB-56987 and VDB-58442 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Missing encryption
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 217435
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2011-2686

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10/29/2003 🔍
12/31/2003 +63 days 🔍
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08/22/2014 +3887 days 🔍
03/04/2025 +3847 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug tps://b
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2003-0900 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0900
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21069
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2014 13:10
Updated: 03/04/2025 08:57
Changes: 08/22/2014 13:10 (46), 06/15/2018 08:14 (6), 03/04/2025 08:57 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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