USN-5689-1: Perl vulnerability

Publication date

19 October 2022

Overview

Perl could be made to by pass signature verification.


Packages

  • perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language

Details

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

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

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 jammy perl –  5.34.0-3ubuntu1.1
20.04 focal perl –  5.30.0-9ubuntu0.3
18.04 bionic perl –  5.26.1-6ubuntu0.6
16.04 xenial perl –  5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm1  
14.04 trusty perl –  5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm4  

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