CVE-2006-0898 | BDVDB-2026-15364 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20899
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31493
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-15.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19187
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/488
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-996
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425966/100/0/threaded
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19303
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18755
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16802
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24954
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.