CVE-2003-0900
EPSS 0.47%
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.
How to fix CVE-2003-0900
To remediate CVE-2003-0900, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/perl—upgrade to 5.8.2 or later
Is CVE-2003-0900 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.8.2