CVE-2020-16156

high

Description

CPAN 2.28 allows Signature Verification Bypass.

References

https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/CPAN/scripts/cpan

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SZ32AJIV4RHJMLWLU5QULGKMMIHYOMDC/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SD6RYOJII7HRJ6WVORFNVTYNOFY5JDXN/

https://blog.hackeriet.no/cpan-signature-verification-vulnerabilities/

http://blogs.perl.org/users/neilb/2021/11/addressing-cpan-vulnerabilities-related-to-checksums.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-12-13

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High