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Fedora 41: 2025-5d61874568 critical: perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime leak

This release fixes CVE-2024-13939 (leaking the length of a secret string). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2025-5d61874568 2025-04-17 19:46:50.126543+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime Product : Fedora 41 Version : 0.321 Release : 21.fc41 URL : https://metacpan.org/dist/String-Compare-ConstantTime Summary : Timing side-channel protected string compare Description : This module provides one function, "equals", which works like perl's "eq", but which does not provide a timing side-channel. Such comparison is useful when matching against a secret string. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This release fixes CVE-2024-13939 (leaking the length of a secret string) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Tue Apr 1 2025 Petr Pisar - 0.321-21 - Fix CVE-2024-13939 (leaking the length of a secret string) (bug #2355705) * Tue Aug 6 2024 Miroslav Suchý - 0.321-20 - convert license to SPDX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2355663 - CVE-2024-13939 String-Compare-ConstantTime: String::Compare::ConstantTime for Perl through 0.321 is vulnerable to timing attacks that allow an attacker to guess the length of a secret string https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355663 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-5d61874568' 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 All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keysused by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . Important patch for Fedora 41 tackling the CVE-2024-13939 issue in String-Compare-ConstantTime implementation.. Fedora Security, Perl Update, Timing Attack Fix, Open Source Security. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Apr 17, 2025 Critical Fedora
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Fedora 40: 2025-e6f5710dba critical: perl String Comparison Timing Attack

This release fixes CVE-2024-13939 (leaking the length of a secret string). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2025-e6f5710dba 2025-04-17 19:32:14.984687+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime Product : Fedora 40 Version : 0.321 Release : 19.fc40 URL : https://metacpan.org/dist/String-Compare-ConstantTime Summary : Timing side-channel protected string compare Description : This module provides one function, "equals", which works like perl's "eq", but which does not provide a timing side-channel. Such comparison is useful when matching against a secret string. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This release fixes CVE-2024-13939 (leaking the length of a secret string) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Tue Apr 1 2025 Petr Pisar - 0.321-19 - Fix CVE-2024-13939 (leaking the length of a secret string) (bug #2355704) * Tue Aug 6 2024 Miroslav Suchý - 0.321-18 - convert license to SPDX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2355663 - CVE-2024-13939 String-Compare-ConstantTime: String::Compare::ConstantTime for Perl through 0.321 is vulnerable to timing attacks that allow an attacker to guess the length of a secret string https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355663 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-e6f5710dba' 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 All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keysused by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . The perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime package update addresses the length leakage vulnerability in Fedora 40. Improvements made to the secure string comparison protocol.. Fedora Update, perl module, string comparison, timing attack, security fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Apr 17, 2025 Critical Fedora
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Fedora 42: 2025-ce51c124a5 critical: perl string comparison length leakage

This release fixes CVE-2024-13939 (leaking the length of a secret string). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2025-ce51c124a5 2025-04-17 18:59:47.310408+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime Product : Fedora 42 Version : 0.321 Release : 22.fc42 URL : https://metacpan.org/dist/String-Compare-ConstantTime Summary : Timing side-channel protected string compare Description : This module provides one function, "equals", which works like perl's "eq", but which does not provide a timing side-channel. Such comparison is useful when matching against a secret string. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This release fixes CVE-2024-13939 (leaking the length of a secret string) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Tue Apr 1 2025 Petr Pisar - 0.321-22 - Fix CVE-2024-13939 (leaking the length of a secret string) (bug #2355705) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2355663 - CVE-2024-13939 String-Compare-ConstantTime: String::Compare::ConstantTime for Perl through 0.321 is vulnerable to timing attacks that allow an attacker to guess the length of a secret string https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355663 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-ce51c124a5' 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 All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can befound at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Do not reply to spam, report it: . The patch resolves CVE-2024-14550, averting the exposure of sensitive data in the JSON library of Ubuntu 23.04.. timing attack, secret string, security alert, Fedora update, module fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Apr 17, 2025 Critical Fedora
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