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Improper Certificate Validation Affecting perl package, versions <5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm2

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.24% (62nd percentile)
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NVD
8.1 high
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SUSE
7.4 high
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Red Hat
7.4 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-PERL-5499881
  • published 8 May 2023
  • disclosed 29 Apr 2023
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Introduced: 29 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-31484 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-295 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 perl to version 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm2 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.

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