CVE-2024-57868

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

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-57868.json"

unresolved_ranges

[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "2.8"
            }
        ]
    }
]