| Name | CVE-2006-0898 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-996-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libcrypt-cbc-perl (PTS) | bullseye | 2.33-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 3.04-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libcrypt-cbc-perl | source | sarge | 2.12-1sarge1 | DSA-996-1 | ||
| libcrypt-cbc-perl | source | (unstable) | 2.17-1 |