Bug 182945

Summary: weak ciphertext when used with block encryption algorithms
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Dennis Gilmore <dennis>
Component: perl-Crypt-CBCAssignee: Andreas Thienemann <andreas>
Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Dennis Gilmore 2006-02-24 17:21:21 UTC 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425966  
 
a high rated vunereability exists in perl-Crypt-CBC. 
 
Synopsis 
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 The Perl Crypt::CBC module versions through 2.16 produce weak 
 ciphertext when used with block encryption algorithms with blocksize > 
 8 bytes. 
 
Please update to version 2.17
Comment 1 Andreas Thienemann 2006-02-24 19:41:55 UTC 
Thx for the report. Updates Packages are being pushed to the repo.
Comment 2 Dennis Gilmore 2006-02-24 20:36:25 UTC 
no problems,  thanks for the quick response