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CVE-2003-0900

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2003-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Larry Wall Perl

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References