DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0898

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0898

    Published: 25 Feb 2006Last Modified: 7 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2006-0898

    Summary:

    Details: Crypt::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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0898

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libcrypt-cbc-perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libcrypt-cbc-perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.17-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High