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Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-31484: ELSA-2023-6539: perl-CPAN security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-31484: ELSA-2023-6539: perl-CPAN security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
04/29/2023
Created
05/29/2024
Added
05/28/2024
Modified
01/07/2025

Description

CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS. A flaw was found in Perl's CPAN, which doesn't check TLS certificates when downloading content. This happens due to `verify_SSL` missing when suing the `HTTP::Tiny` library during the connection. This may allow an attacker to inject into the network path and perform a Man-In-The-Middle attack, causing confidentiality or integrity issues.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-perl-cpan

References

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