CVE - CVE-2006-0898

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-0898	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:16802 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16802 BUGTRAQ:20060223 Vulnerability in Crypt::CBC Perl module, versions <= 2.16 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425966/100/0/threaded DEBIAN:DSA-996 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-996 GENTOO:GLSA-200603-15 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-15.xml REDHAT:RHSA-2008:0261 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html REDHAT:RHSA-2008:0630 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html SECUNIA:18755 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/18755 SECUNIA:19187 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/19187 SECUNIA:19303 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/19303 SECUNIA:20899 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20899 SECUNIA:31493 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31493 SREASON:488 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/488 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2006:015 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.html XF:crypt-cbc-header-weak-encryption(24954) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24954
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20060225	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060225)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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