Authen::DigestMD5 versions 0.01 through 0.02 for Perl generate the cnonce insecurely. The cnonce (client nonce) is generated from an MD5 hash of the PID, the epoch time and the built-in rand function. The PID will come from a small set of numbers, and the epoch time may be guessed, if it is not leaked from the HTTP Date header. The built-in rand function is unsuitable for cryptographic usage. According to RFC 2831, "The cnonce-value is an opaque quoted string value provided by the client and used by both client and server to avoid chosen plaintext attacks, and to provide mutual authentication. The security of the implementation depends on a good choice. It is RECOMMENDED that it contain at least 64 bits of entropy."
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{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Authen::DigestMD5 versions 0.01 through 0.02 for Perl generate the cnonce insecurely. The cnonce (client nonce) is generated from an MD5 hash of the PID, the epoch time and the built-in rand function. The PID will come from a small set of numbers, and the epoch time may be guessed, if it is not leaked from the HTTP Date header. The built-in rand function is unsuitable for cryptographic usage. According to RFC 2831, "The cnonce-value is an opaque quoted string value provided by the client and used by both client and server to avoid chosen plaintext attacks, and to provide mutual authentication. The security of the implementation depends on a good choice. It is RECOMMENDED that it contain at least 64 bits of entropy."
Title Authen::DigestMD5 versions 0.01 through 0.04 for Perl generate the cnonce insecurely
Weaknesses CWE-338
CWE-340
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published: 2025-07-16T14:04:09.443Z

Updated: 2025-07-16T20:49:26.539Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T09:05:34.362Z

Link: CVE-2025-40919

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-16T20:49:22.893Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-16T14:15:25.480

Modified: 2025-07-16T21:15:27.623

Link: CVE-2025-40919

cve-icon Redhat

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