USN-5689-1

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    USN-5689-1

    Published: 19 Oct 2022Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: perl vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain signature verification. An remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass signature verification.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5689-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16156

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm4

    Affected versions

    5.14.2-21build1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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