openSUSE: 2025:0123-1 moderate: perl-Data-Entropy security issue
opensuse
April 16, 2025
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Description
This update for perl-Data-Entropy fixes the following issues:
Updated to 0.8.0 (0.008):
see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Data-Entropy/Changes
Version 0.008; 2025-03-27:
* Use Crypt::URandom to seed the default algorithm with
cryptographically secure random bytes instead of the builtin rand()
function (boo#1240395, CVE-2025-1860).
* This module has been marked as deprecated.
* A security policy was added.
* Remove use of Module::Build.
* Updated maintainer information.
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2025-123=1
Package List
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6 (noarch):
perl-Data-Entropy-0.8.0-bp156.4.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1860.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1240395
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2025:0123-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6
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