CVE-2003-0900 — Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora Core does not properly initialize the random number generator when forking, which makes it easier for attackers to predict random numbers

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Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora Core does not properly initialize the random number generator when forking, which makes it easier for attackers to predict random numbers

Published Apr 14, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.40%

Description

Perl 5.8.1 on Fedora Core does not properly initialize the random number generator when forking, which makes it easier for attackers to predict random numbers.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.40% 0.01401

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01401

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.40% (0.01401)	71.52th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.25% (0.01250)	65.42th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.38% (0.00381)	57.40th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.24% (0.00237)	62.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.24% (0.00237)	62.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.24% (0.00238)	60.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/long_list.cgi?buglist=108711
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Link	Providers	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/long_list.cgi?buglist=108711		x_refsource_CONFIRM

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 14, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Oct 29, 2003

Link CVE-2003-0900

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2003-0900

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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