MGASA-2014-0167

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    MGASA-2014-0167

    Published: 9 Apr 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated perl-Authen-Captcha package uses randomly generated filenames

    Details: An issue in previous versions of perl-Authen-Captcha is that the generated public string (file name of the picture) for the captcha is merely a checksum of the secret string. It is trivial to break such short strings even using google instead of a rainbow table. This new version of perl-Authen-Captcha fixes the problem by producing a random filename for the captcha.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0167.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131155.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13165

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl-Authen-Captcha

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-Authen-Captcha?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.24.0-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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