Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2024-58041 (2026-02-24)

Smolder versions through 1.51 for Perl uses insecure rand() function for cryptographic functions. Smolder 1.51 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions. Specifically Smolder::DB::Developer uses the Data::Random library which specifically states that it is "Useful mostly for test programs". Data::Random uses the rand() function.

Changes for version 1.34

  • IPC::Run, LWP::UserAgent and WWW::Mechanize should be listed as part of configure_requires - G. Szabo, M. Peters
  • Load IPC::Run, LWP::UserAgent and WWW::Mechanize conditionally in Build.PL in case configure_requires is ignored - G. Szabo, M. Peters
  • Run the smolder binary in blib/ instead of bin/ during tests - G. Szabo
  • Install shared data into /blib/lib/auto so it goes into the right shared dir even when using a different install_base - G. Szabo, M. Peters
  • added --port, --host, --data_dir and --share_dir to bin/smolder to make it easier to customize without needing a config file - M. Peters
  • Smolder::Conf is not simpler (doesn't use Config::ApacheFormat) and tries to have better defaults for everything so that a smolder.conf is not needed - M. Peters

Documentation

Web Smoke Test Aggregator

Provides

in lib/Smolder/AuthHandler.pm
in lib/Smolder/Redirect.pm
in lib/Smolder/Server.pm
in lib/Smolder/Upgrade/V0_1.pm
in lib/Smolder/Upgrade/V0_3.pm
in lib/Smolder/Upgrade/V1_1.pm
in lib/Smolder/Upgrade/V1_21.pm
in lib/Smolder/Upgrade/V1_24.pm
in lib/Smolder/Upgrade/V1_30.pm