libstring-compare-constanttime-perl - Debian Package Tracker

1 security issue in trixie high

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: 2025-04-01 16:31

1 security issue in sid high

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: 2025-04-01 16:31

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: 2025-04-01 16:31

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: 2025-04-01 16:31

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.6.1).

Created: 2022-12-17 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:24