rhsa-2023_6539
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2023-11-07 08:32
Modified
2024-09-16 12:42
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: perl-CPAN security update

Notes

Topic
An update for perl-CPAN is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details
The CPAN module is a tool to query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites. Security Fix(es): * perl: CPAN.pm does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS (CVE-2023-31484) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Terms of Use
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