CVE-2002-20002 (GCVE-0-2002-20002)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-02 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-06 21:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The Net::EasyTCP package before 0.15 for Perl always uses Perl's builtin rand(), which is not a strong random number generator, for cryptographic keys.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-06 21:08 UTC
CWE
- CWE-338 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
Assigner
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