CVE-2011-3599

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-10-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

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.

Affected products

Adam Kennedy Crypt-Dsa: through 1.17; 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.10, 0.11, 0.12 (+4)

References

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
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

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