CVE-2011-3599 Information

Description

The Crypt::DSA (aka Crypt-DSA) module 1.17 and earlier for Perl when /dev/random is absent uses the Data::Random module which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof a signature or determine the signing key of a signed message via a brute-force attack.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/76025 http://secunia.com/advisories/46275 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/05/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/05/9 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49928 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743567 https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=71421