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CVE-2006-0898

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Description

Crypt::CBC Perl module 2.16 and earlier, when running in RandomIV mode, uses an initialization vector (IV) of 8 bytes, which results in weaker encryption when used with a cipher that requires a larger block size than 8 bytes, such as Rijndael.

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/18755

http://secunia.com/advisories/19187

http://secunia.com/advisories/19303

http://secunia.com/advisories/20899

http://secunia.com/advisories/31493

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/488

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-996

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-15.xml

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425966/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16802

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24954

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2006-02-25

Updated: 2018-10-18

Type: NVD-CWE-Other

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 4.9

Severity: LOW

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