Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-0898: Crypt::CBC: Insecure initialization vector
3
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
02/25/2006
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
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.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-perl-crypt-cbc
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