CVE-2003-0900

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2003
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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