ghsa-gfj4-2p4p-m25j
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-04-07 15:31
Modified
2025-04-07 21:32
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Details

Web::API 2.8 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions.

Specifically Web::API uses the Data::Random library which specifically states that it is "Useful mostly for test programs". Data::Random uses the rand() function.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-57868"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-331",
      "CWE-338"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-04-05T16:15:33Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Web::API 2.8 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions.\n\nSpecifically Web::API uses the Data::Random library which specifically states that it is \"Useful mostly for test programs\". Data::Random uses the rand() function.",
  "id": "GHSA-gfj4-2p4p-m25j",
  "modified": "2025-04-07T21:32:07Z",
  "published": "2025-04-07T15:31:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57868"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://metacpan.org/dist/Web-API/source/lib/Web/API.pm#L20"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://metacpan.org/dist/Web-API/source/lib/Web/API.pm#L348"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/BAREFOOT/Data-Random-0.13/source/lib/Data/Random.pm#L537"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/rand"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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