App::cpanminus 1.7044 on Perl signature verification

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in App::cpanminus 1.7044 on Perl. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to signature verification. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-16154. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in App::cpanminus 1.7044 on Perl. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a signature verification vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-347. The product does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was published 12/14/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at blog.hackeriet.no. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-16154 since 07/30/2020. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 233384 (Amazon Linux 2 : perl-App-cpanminus (ALAS-2025-2802)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (233384). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Signature verification
CWE: CWE-347 / CWE-345
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Nessus ID: 233384
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux 2 : perl-App-cpanminus (ALAS-2025-2802)

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Timelineinfo

07/30/2020 🔍
12/14/2021 +502 days 🔍
12/14/2021 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2025 +1199 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blog.hackeriet.no
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-16154 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-16154
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-188075

Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2021 08:04
Updated: 03/27/2025 20:17
Changes: 12/14/2021 08:04 (36), 12/16/2021 11:15 (1), 03/27/2025 20:17 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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