CVE-2025-40918

Authen::SASL::Perl::DIGEST_MD5 (versions 2.04–2.1800) uses an insecure cnonce generator, composing the nonce from an MD5 of the PID, epoch time, and rand(), which weakens entropy below the RFC 2831-recommended 64 bits. Exploitation potential is supported by the CVSS data (Network, Low-to-Medium i...

CVE-2025-40918 Authen::SASL::Perl::DIGEST_MD5 versions 2.04 through 2.1800 for Perl generates the cnonce insecurely

Authen::SASL::Perl::DIGESTMD5 versions 2.04 through 2.1800 for Perl generates the cnonce insecurely. The cnonce client nonce is generated from an MD5 hash of the PID, the epoch time and the built-in rand function. The PID will come from a small set of numbers, and the epoch time may be guessed, i...

PT-2025-29831

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Authen::SASL::Perl::DIGEST MD5 versions 2.04 through 2.1800 Description The cnonce client nonce is generated insecurely from an MD5 hash of the PID, the epoch time, and the built-in rand function. The PID originates from a limited set of...

new packages: perl-Authen-SASL

An update is available for perl-Authen-SASL. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky...