ubuntu-cve-2020-36829
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-04-08 00:15
Modified
2025-10-24 04:49
Summary
Details

The Mojolicious module before 8.65 for Perl is vulnerable to secure_compare timing attacks that allow an attacker to guess the length of a secret string. Only versions after 1.74 are affected.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "libmojolicious-perl",
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          }
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      },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "6.15+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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            "binary_name": "libmojolicious-perl",
            "binary_version": "7.59+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
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      "package": {
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        "name": "libmojolicious-perl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmojolicious-perl@7.59+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
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          "events": [
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "7.43+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
        "7.57+dfsg-1ubuntu1",
        "7.59+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libmojolicious-perl",
            "binary_version": "8.33+dfsg-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "libmojolicious-perl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmojolicious-perl@8.33+dfsg-1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "8.22+dfsg-1",
        "8.23+dfsg-1",
        "8.26+dfsg-1",
        "8.27+dfsg-1",
        "8.32+dfsg-1",
        "8.33+dfsg-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The Mojolicious module before 8.65 for Perl is vulnerable to secure_compare timing attacks that allow an attacker to guess the length of a secret string. Only versions after 1.74 are affected.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36829",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:49:05Z",
  "published": "2024-04-08T00:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36829"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/pull/1601"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/issues/1599"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/pull/1601"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36829"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-36829"
  ]
}



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