Bug 1193811 – VUL-0: CVE-2020-16155: perl: CPAN:Checksums package 2.12 for Perl does not uniquely define signed data

Bug 1193811 - (CVE-2020-16155) VUL-0: CVE-2020-16155: perl: CPAN:Checksums package 2.12 for Perl does not uniquely define signed data

(CVE-2020-16155)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2020-16155: perl: CPAN:Checksums package 2.12 for Perl does not un...

Status:	NEW

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
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Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Minor
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Assigned To:	Michael Schröder
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/317301/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2020-16155:5.3:(AV:...
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Reported:	2021-12-16 11:12 UTC by Thomas Leroy
Modified:	2022-05-09 15:57 UTC (History)
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Description Thomas Leroy 2021-12-16 11:12:26 UTC

CVE-2020-16155

The CPAN::Checksums package 2.12 for Perl does not uniquely define signed data.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-16155
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16155
https://metacpan.org/pod/CPAN::Checksums
https://blog.hackeriet.no/cpan-signature-verification-vulnerabilities/

Comment 1 Thomas Leroy 2021-12-16 11:13:34 UTC

I can't find signs of this module in perl5 source, or in other packages. I am actually not sure if we ship this cpan package.