CVE-2024-13939
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
Summary
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
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-13939 libstring-compare-constanttime-perl
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-13939 libstring-compare-constanttime-perl
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web cpan.org
- web metacpan.org