Description
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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- LARRY_WALL
- Published
- 12/31/2003
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
larry_wall : perl
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