cve/2006/CVE-2006-0898.md

### [CVE-2006-0898](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0898)
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### Description

Crypt::CBC Perl module 2.16 and earlier, when running in RandomIV mode, uses an initialization vector (IV) of 8 bytes, which results in weaker encryption when used with a cipher that requires a larger block size than 8 bytes, such as Rijndael.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/488

#### Github
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