CVE-2025-1860 Affecting libdata-entropy-perl package, versions <0.008-1


Severity

Recommended
low

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBDATAENTROPYPERL-9563982
  • published29 Mar 2025
  • disclosed28 Mar 2025

Introduced: 28 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2025-1860  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libdata-entropy-perl to version 0.008-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libdata-entropy-perl package and not the libdata-entropy-perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Data::Entropy for Perl 0.007 and earlier use the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions.