Insecure Random Number Generation in Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora Core

Insecure Random Number Generation in Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora Core

CVE-2003-0900 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora Core does not properly initialize the random number generator when forking, which makes it easier for attackers to predict random numbers.

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