vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2024-13939: libstring-compare-constanttime-perl -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Mar 28, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Mar 28, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Aug 15, 2025
Description
String::Compare::ConstantTime for Perl through 0.321 is vulnerable to timing attacks that allow an attacker to guess the length of a secret string.
As stated in the documentation: "If the lengths of the strings are different, because equals returns false right away the size of the secret string may be leaked (but not its contents)."
This is similar to CVE-2020-36829
Solution
no-fix-debian-deb-package
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