Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-3599

Title: Perl Cryptographic Failures

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-3599.

CWE Category CWE-310
Published Date Oct 10, 2011
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.96%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-3599: 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.

Impacted Vendors

P
perl 1
L
larry_wall 1
A
adam_kennedy 1

Reference Links

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 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743567 https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=71421
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-3599 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.