CVE-2002-20002 MEDIUM

CVE-2002-20002

Vendor N/A

Product n/a

Weakness CWE-338

Published January 2, 2025

Last update January 6, 2025

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity High

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 2, 2025 CVE published

January 6, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-20002 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/338.html

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04Related CVE

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