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Mageia 8: MGASA-2022-0018 Critical: perl-CPAN Signature Bypass

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
MGASA-2022-0018 updates perl-CPAN to resolve a critical security issue of Signature Verification Bypass.
CPAN 2.28 allows Signature Verification Bypass

Summary

CPAN 2.28 allows Signature Verification Bypass. (CVE-2020-16156)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29878

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/SZ32AJIV4RHJMLWLU5QULGKMMIHYOMDC/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16156

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update security fix perl signature bypass mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/perl-CPAN-2.290.0-1.mga8

Severity
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Publication date: 15 Jan 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0018.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-16156

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update security fix perl signature bypass mageia

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