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
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
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 --
Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.