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Mageia 9: Critical Rand Function Vulnerability in perl-Data-Entropy

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Calendar Grey November 12, 2025
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Updated perl-Data-Entropy packages address a critical security issue with rand() function in Mageia 9.
MGASA-2025-0279 - Updated perl-Data-Entropy packages fix security vulnerability

Summary

Description: Data::Entropy for Perl uses insecure rand() function for cryptographic functions. (CVE-2025-1860)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34212

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/77JMVPALVOSZWBL54FOO42D3RMLW2DLP/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1860

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical perl Mageia Data Entropy

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/perl-Data-Entropy-0.7.0-10.1.mga9

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Publication date: 12 Nov 2025
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0279.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2025-1860

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical perl Mageia Data Entropy

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