Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) Affecting libweb-api-perl package, versions *
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- published6 Apr 2025
- disclosed5 Apr 2025
Introduced: 5 Apr 2025
NewCVE-2024-57868 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:13 libweb-api-perl.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libweb-api-perl package and not the libweb-api-perl package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-57868
- https://metacpan.org/dist/Web-API/source/lib/Web/API.pm#L20
- https://metacpan.org/dist/Web-API/source/lib/Web/API.pm#L348
- https://metacpan.org/release/BAREFOOT/Data-Random-0.13/source/lib/Data/Random.pm#L537
- https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/rand
- https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html