SSLeay.pm in libnet-ssleay-perl before 1.25 uses the /tmp/entropy file for entropy if a source is not set in the EGD_PATH variable, which allows local users to reduce the cryptographic strength of certain operations by modifying the file.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
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Ubuntu_linux | Ubuntu | 5.04 (including) | 5.04 (including) |
Libnet-ssleay-perl | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
Libnet-ssleay-perl | Ubuntu | devel | * |
Libnet-ssleay-perl | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
Libnet-ssleay-perl | Ubuntu | feisty | * |