VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-0898

CVSS score2.6 LOW
EPSS probability1.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-02-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

Crypt::CBC Perl module 2.16 and earlier, when running in RandomIV mode, uses an initialization vector (IV) of 8 bytes, which results in weaker encryption when used with a cipher that requires a larger block size than 8 bytes, such as Rijndael.

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