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CVE-2024-57868                                       CPAN Security Group
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         CVE ID:  CVE-2024-57868
   Distribution:  Web-API
       Versions:  through 2.8

       MetaCPAN:  https://metacpan.org/dist/Web-API

Web::API 2.8 and earlier for Perl uses insecure rand() function for
cryptographic functions

Description
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Web::API 2.8 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the
default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for
cryptographic functions.

Specifically Web::API uses the Data::Random library which specifically
states that it is "Useful mostly for test programs". Data::Random uses
the rand() function.

Problem types
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CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator
(PRNG)

References
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https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/rand
https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html
https://metacpan.org/release/BAREFOOT/Data-Random-0.13/source/lib/Data/Random.pm#L537
https://metacpan.org/dist/Web-API/source/lib/Web/API.pm#L20
https://metacpan.org/dist/Web-API/source/lib/Web/API.pm#L348

Credits
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Robert Rothenberg (RRWO), finder