CPANSA-Data-Entropy-2025-1860: Data-Entropy vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial release date | 2025-03-28T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25 |
| Current release date | 2025-03-28T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 7.7 | Severity | |
| Original language | Language | en | |
| Also referred to | |||
Vulnerability Description
Data::Entropy for Perl 0.007 and earlier use the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-1860
Vulnerability DescriptionData::Entropy for Perl 0.007 and earlier use the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions.
| Weakness | CWE-338 : Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data-Entropy less than or equal 0.007 |
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Fixed
- Data-Entropy greater than 0.007
giterlizzi
Namespace: https://github.com/giterlizzi/
gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-Data-Entropy-2025-1860 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2025/cpansa-data-entropy-2025-1860.json - https://metacpan.org/release/ZEFRAM/Data-Entropy-0.007/source/lib/Data/Entropy.pm#L80 external
https://metacpan.org/release/ZEFRAM/Data-Entropy-0.007/source/lib/Data/Entropy.pm#L80 - https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/rand external
https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/rand - https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00026.html external
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00026.html - CVE-2025-1860 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1860
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri Mar 28 00:00:00 2025 | First release |
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