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Vulnerability · Published Apr 28, 2023 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2023-31484

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity improper certificate validation in the perl-CPAN package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 24.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8perl-CPAN2.18-399.el8ALSA-2024:3094
AlmaLinux:9perl-CPAN2.29-3.el9ALSA-2023:6539
Debian:12perl5.36.0-7+deb12u3DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31484
Debian:13perl5.38.2-2DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31484
Debian:14perl5.38.2-2DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31484
Rocky Linux:8perl-CPAN0:2.18-399.el8RLSA-2024:3094
Rocky Linux:9perl-CPAN0:2.29-3.el9RLSA-2023:6539
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSperl5.34.0-3ubuntu1.2UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31484
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSperl5.34.0-3ubuntu1.2USN-6112-2

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-295 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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