CVE-2024-57868
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57868
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-57868.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-57868
- Downstream
- Published
- 2025-04-05T16:15:33Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-05T14:15:41Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- 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