It was discovered that Net::EasyTCP used the built-in Perl rand() function to generate encryption keys when no strong randomization module was present. An attacker could possibly use this issue to predict the keys and obtain sensitive information.
USN-8985-1: Net::EasyTCP vulnerability
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