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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
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 ↗