Crypt::DSA versions before 1.20 for Perl generate seeds using rand. Seeds were generated using Perl's built-in rand function, which is predictable and unsuitable for security usage.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-cdcb20089b advisory.

    This update fixes a couple of security issues:

     * Replace two arg open (CVE-2026-8704)
     * Replace `rand()` with a cryptographically-secure source of random data for seed generation     (CVE-2026-8700)



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-ffe3625a50 advisory.

    This update fixes a couple of security issues:

     * Replace two arg open (CVE-2026-8704)
     * Replace `rand()` with a cryptographically-secure source of random data for seed generation     (CVE-2026-8700)



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-fdc100f74f advisory.

    This update fixes a couple of security issues:

     * Replace two arg open (CVE-2026-8704)
     * Replace `rand()` with a cryptographically-secure source of random data for seed generation     (CVE-2026-8700)



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Crypt::DSA versions before 1.20 for Perl generate seeds using rand. Seeds were generated using Perl's     built-in rand function, which is predictable and unsuitable for security usage. (CVE-2026-8700)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
317025	Fedora 44 : perl-Crypt-DSA (2026-cdcb20089b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
317013	Fedora 42 : perl-Crypt-DSA (2026-ffe3625a50)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
317009	Fedora 43 : perl-Crypt-DSA (2026-fdc100f74f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
315076	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-8700	Nessus	Misc.	high

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