Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting perl package, versions <5.26.1-6ubuntu0.6
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.17% (53rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-PERL-1930908
- published 25 Nov 2021
- disclosed 13 Dec 2021
Introduced: 25 Nov 2021
CVE-2020-16156 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04
perl
to version 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.6 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl
package and not the perl
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:18.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
CPAN 2.28 allows Signature Verification Bypass.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-16156
- https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/CPAN/scripts/cpan
- https://blog.hackeriet.no/cpan-signature-verification-vulnerabilities/
- http://blogs.perl.org/users/neilb/2021/11/addressing-cpan-vulnerabilities-related-to-checksums.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SZ32AJIV4RHJMLWLU5QULGKMMIHYOMDC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SD6RYOJII7HRJ6WVORFNVTYNOFY5JDXN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SD6RYOJII7HRJ6WVORFNVTYNOFY5JDXN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SZ32AJIV4RHJMLWLU5QULGKMMIHYOMDC/