Improper Certificate Validation Affecting perl package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.41% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-PERL-5489191
  • published 29 Apr 2023
  • disclosed 29 Apr 2023

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 perl.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

8.1 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

7.4 high
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Red Hat

7.4 high