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Ubuntu: USN-6712-1 (CVE-2021-47154): Net::CIDR::Lite vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 18, 2024
Added
Mar 26, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

The Net::CIDR::Lite module before 0.22 for Perl does not properly consider extraneous zero characters at the beginning of an IP address string, which (in some situations) allows attackers to bypass access control that is based on IP addresses.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-libnet-cidr-lite-perl
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