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module for protecting string comparison from timing attacks

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  • source: libstring-compare-constanttime-perl (main)
  • version: 0.321-3
  • maintainer: Debian Perl Group (archive) (DMD) (LowNMU)
  • uploaders: Alexandre Mestiashvili [DMD]
  • arch: any
  • std-ver: 4.7.2
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 0.320-1
  • oldstable: 0.321-1
  • stable: 0.321-2
  • testing: 0.321-3
  • unstable: 0.321-3
versioned links
  • 0.320-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 0.321-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 0.321-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 0.321-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • libstring-compare-constanttime-perl
action needed
1 security issue in bullseye high

There is 1 open security issue in bullseye.

1 important issue:
  • CVE-2024-13939: 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. As stated in the documentation: "If the lengths of the strings are different, because equals returns false right away the size of the secret string may be leaked (but not its contents)." This is similar to CVE-2020-36829
Created: 2025-03-28 Last update: 2025-04-14 04:00
1 low-priority security issue in bookworm low

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2024-13939: (needs triaging) 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. As stated in the documentation: "If the lengths of the strings are different, because equals returns false right away the size of the secret string may be leaked (but not its contents)." This is similar to CVE-2020-36829

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2025-03-28 Last update: 2025-04-14 04:00
debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 1 debian patch available in version 0.321-3 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 1 patch where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.
Created: 2025-04-12 Last update: 2025-04-12 18:03
news
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  • [2025-04-14] libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.321-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-04-12] Accepted libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.321-3 (source) into unstable (gregor herrmann)
  • [2022-08-18] libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.321-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-08-18] libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.321-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-08-15] Accepted libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.321-2 (source) into unstable (gregor herrmann)
  • [2019-07-19] libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.321-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2019-07-16] Accepted libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.321-1 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Mestiashvili)
  • [2018-05-02] libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.320-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2018-04-26] Accepted libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.320-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Alexandre Mestiashvili)
  • [2017-06-20] libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.312-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2017-02-20] Accepted libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.312-1 (source) into unstable (Alexandre Mestiashvili) (signed by: gregor herrmann)
  • [2015-11-02] libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.311-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
  • [2015-10-27] Accepted libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.311-1 (source) into unstable (gregor herrmann)
  • [2014-10-29] libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.310-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
  • [2014-10-19] Accepted libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.310-1 (source) into unstable (gregor herrmann)
  • [2013-07-06] libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.300-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2013-06-25] Accepted libstring-compare-constanttime-perl 0.300-1 (source amd64) (Alexandre Mestiashvili) (signed by: gregor herrmann)
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