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Fedora 44 perl-Net-CIDR-Lite Important Input Issues Fix 2026-6f3d2d0d82

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Addressing input validation issues, this Fedora 44 update rejects problematic parser inputs and CIDR masks.
This update addresses some input validation issues: Reject Unicode digits and trailing newlines in parser inputs (CVE-2026-45190) Reject zero-padded CIDR masks (CVE-2026-45191)

Summary

Faster alternative to Net::CIDR when merging a large number of CIDR address

ranges. Works for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Update Information:

This update addresses some input validation issues: Reject Unicode digits and trailing newlines in parser inputs (CVE-2026-45190) Reject zero-padded CIDR masks (CVE-2026-45191)

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Change Log

* Mon May 11 2026 Paul Howarth - 0.24-1 - Update to 0.24 - Reject Unicode digits and trailing newlines in parser inputs (CVE-2026-45190) - Reject zero-padded CIDR masks (CVE-2026-45191)

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-6f3d2d0d82 2026-05-15 20:57:10.102582+00:00 Name : perl-Net-CIDR-Lite Product : Fedora 44 Version : 0.24 Release : 1.fc44 URL : https://metacpan.org/release/Net-CIDR-Lite Summary : Perl extension for merging IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR addresses Description : Faster alternative to Net::CIDR when merging a large number of CIDR address ranges. Works for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-6f3d2d0d82' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: perl-Net-CIDR-Lite
Product: Fedora 44
Version: 0.24
Release: 1.fc44
URL: https://metacpan.org/release/Net-CIDR-Lite
Summary: Perl extension for merging IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR addresses

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