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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-18536

Data::Entropy versions before 0.010 for Perl read remote entropy sources over plain HTTP. The Data::Entropy::RawSource::RandomOrg and Data::Entropy::...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Data::Entropy versions before 0.010 for Perl read remote entropy sources over plain HTTP. The Data::Entropy::RawSource::RandomOrg and Data::Entropy::RawSource::RandomnumbersInfo remote sources are accessed over plain HTTP. The Data::Entropy::RawSource::RandomOrg integrity check trivially matches any non-empty byte string. Any on-path attacker, such as open WiFi, a compromised ISP, captive portal, or a hostile egress proxy substitutes the response and thereby chooses the bytes returned by rand_bits and rand_int for every application that selected one of these sources via with_entropy_source. The _checkbuf method response is equally attacker-controlled, so the retry/sleep behaviour is steerable too.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libdata-entropy-perl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13 libdata-entropy-perl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14 libdata-entropy-perl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

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