CVE-2005-0106: Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SSLeay.pm in libnet-ssleay-perl before 1.25 uses the /tmp/entropy file for entropy if a source is not set in the EGD_PATH variable, which allows local users to reduce the cryptographic strength of certain operations by modifying the file.

Affected products

• Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux: version 5.04 only

Published 2005-05-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.