CVE-2006-0898

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-0898
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-02-25 11:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionCrypt::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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.014390000 probability, percentile 0.807490000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 1.00 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 1.10 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 1.20 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 1.21 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 1.22 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 1.24 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 1.25 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.00 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.01 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.02 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.03 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.04 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.05 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.07 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.08 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.09 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.10 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.11 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.12 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.13 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.14 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc 2.15 All All All
Application Lincoln D. Stein Crypt Cbc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for libcrypt-cbc-perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for Red Hat Network Satellite Server - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityReason af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Crypt::CBC RandomIV Header IV Handling Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Lincoln D. Stein Crypt::CBC Perl Module Weak Ciphertext Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Crypt::CBC: Insecure initialization vector af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Gentoo update for crypt-cbc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-996-1 libcrypt-cbc-perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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