{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Net::NSCA::Client versions through 0.009002 for Perl uses a poor random number generator. Version v0.003 switched to use Data::Rand::Obscure instead of Crypt::Random for generation of a random initialisation vectors. Data::Rand::Obscure uses Perl's built-in rand() function, which is not suitable for cryptographic functions.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-Net-NSCA-Client-2024-57854 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-net-nsca-client-2024-57854.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/DOUGDUDE/Net-NSCA-Client-0.009002/source/lib/Net/NSCA/Client/InitialPacket.pm#L119", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/DOUGDUDE/Net-NSCA-Client-0.009002/source/lib/Net/NSCA/Client/InitialPacket.pm#L119" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/dougwilson/perl5-net-nsca-client/pull/2.patch", "url": "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/dougwilson/perl5-net-nsca-client/pull/2.patch" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2024-57854 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57854" } ], "title": "Net-NSCA-Client vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-03-05T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-Net-NSCA-Client-2024-57854", "initial_release_date": "2026-03-05T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-03-05T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>0", "product": { "name": "Net-NSCA-Client greater than 0", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Net-NSCA-Client" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=0.009002", "product": { "name": "Net-NSCA-Client greater than or equal 0.009002", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Net-NSCA-Client" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Net-NSCA-Client" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2024-57854", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-338", "name": "Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Net::NSCA::Client versions through 0.009002 for Perl uses a poor random number generator.\n\nVersion v0.003 switched to use Data::Rand::Obscure instead of Crypt::Random for generation of a random initialisation vectors.\n\nData::Rand::Obscure uses Perl's built-in rand() function, which is not suitable for cryptographic functions.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 9.1, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ] } ] }