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CVE-2003-0900 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora Core does not properly initialize the r)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2003-0900
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionPerl 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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