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Fedora 43 perl-Net-CIDR-Lite Important IPv6 Issues Fix 2026-0a7ed21996

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Calendar Grey April 22, 2026
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Important Fedora 43 perl-Net-CIDR-Lite update addresses security flaws in IPv6 address handling for improved stability.
This update addresses two security issues regarding incorrect handling of malformed IPv6 addresses: Fix IPv4 mapped IPv6 packed length (CVE-2026-40199) Reject invalid uncompressed ...

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 two security issues regarding incorrect handling of malformed IPv6 addresses: Fix IPv4 mapped IPv6 packed length (CVE-2026-40199) Reject invalid uncompressed IPv6 (CVE-2026-40198)

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Change Log

* Sat Apr 11 2026 Paul Howarth - 0.23-1 - Update to 0.23 - Security: Fix IPv4 mapped IPv6 packed length (CVE-2026-40199) - Security: Reject invalid uncompressed IPv6 (CVE-2026-40198) * Sat Jan 17 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.22-14 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-0a7ed21996 2026-04-22 07:48:13.354956+00:00 Name : perl-Net-CIDR-Lite Product : Fedora 43 Version : 0.23 Release : 1.fc43 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-2026-0a7ed21996' 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 43
Version: 0.23
Release: 1.fc43
URL: https://metacpan.org/release/Net-CIDR-Lite
Summary: Perl extension for merging IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR addresses

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