CVE-2020-16156 :: Enginsight Vulnerability Database

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	7.8 HIGH	LOCAL	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 5%

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
perl	comprehensive_perl_archive_network	2.28
perl	comprehensive_perl_archive_network	2.28:trial

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= Vulnerable software versions

Debian Releases

Debian Product

Codename

perl

bookworm	5.36.0-7+deb12u1 fixed
bullseye	vulnerable
bullseye (security)	5.32.1-4+deb11u4 fixed
buster	no-dsa
sid	5.40.0-6 fixed
stretch	no-dsa
trixie	5.40.0-6 fixed

Ubuntu Releases

Ubuntu Product

Codename

perl

bionic	Fixed 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.6 released
focal	Fixed 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.3 released
hirsute	ignored
impish	ignored
jammy	Fixed 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.1 released
kinetic	Fixed 5.34.0-5ubuntu1.1 released
lunar	Fixed 5.36.0-4ubuntu2 released
trusty	Fixed 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm4 released
xenial	Fixed 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm1 released

Known Exploits!

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
The software does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data.

References

http://blogs.perl.org/users/neilb/2021/11/addressing-cpan-vulnerabilities-related-to-checksums.html

https://blog.hackeriet.no/cpan-signature-verification-vulnerabilities/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SD6RYOJII7HRJ6WVORFNVTYNOFY5JDXN/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SZ32AJIV4RHJMLWLU5QULGKMMIHYOMDC/

https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/CPAN/scripts/cpan

http://blogs.perl.org/users/neilb/2021/11/addressing-cpan-vulnerabilities-related-to-checksums.html

https://blog.hackeriet.no/cpan-signature-verification-vulnerabilities/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00017.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SD6RYOJII7HRJ6WVORFNVTYNOFY5JDXN/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SZ32AJIV4RHJMLWLU5QULGKMMIHYOMDC/

https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/CPAN/scripts/cpan