Vulnerability CVE-2006-0898
Published: 2006-02-25   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Vulnerability in Crypt::CBC Perl module, versions <= 2.16
Lincoln Stein
25.02.2006

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.6/10
2.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Lincoln d. stein -> Crypt cbc 

 References:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/488
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-996
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-15.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425966/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16802
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24954
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