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CVE-2003-0900
published 2003-12-31

CVE-2003-0900: Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora Core does not properly initialize the random number generator when forking, which makes it easier for attackers to predict random numbers.

PriorityP414medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPINAN
EPSS
1.24%
65.4th percentile
Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora Core does not properly initialize the random number generator when forking, which makes it easier for attackers to predict random numbers.

Affected

18 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianperl< perl 5.8.2 (bookworm)perl 5.8.2 (bookworm)
larry_wallperl
perlperl>= 0 < 5.8.25.8.2
perlperl>= 0 < 5.8.25.8.2
perlperl>= 0 < 5.8.25.8.2
perlperl>= 0 < 5.8.25.8.2
ruby-langruby<= 1.8.6
ruby-langruby<= 1.8.7-334
ruby-langruby
ruby-langruby
ruby-langruby
ruby-langruby
ruby-langruby
ruby-langruby
ruby-langruby
ruby-langruby
ruby-langruby
ruby-langruby

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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