| Name | CVE-2020-16154 |
| Description | The App::cpanminus package 1.7044 for Perl allows Signature Verification Bypass. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cpanminus (PTS) | jessie | 1.7014-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1.7042-2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.7044-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.7044-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.7046-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.7048-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cpanminus | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| cpanminus | source | (unstable) | 1.7045-1 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - cpanminus <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - cpanminus <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - cpanminus <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://blog.hackeriet.no/cpan-signature-verification-vulnerabilities/
http://blogs.perl.org/users/neilb/2021/11/addressing-cpan-vulnerabilities-related-to-checksums.html