FKIE_CVE-2024-13939
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-03-28 03:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:03
Severity
Summary
String::Compare::ConstantTime for Perl through 0.321 is vulnerable to timing attacks that allow an attacker to guess the length of a secret string.
As stated in the documentation: "If the lengths of the strings are different, because equals returns false right away the size of the secret string may be leaked (but not its contents)."
This is similar to CVE-2020-36829
References
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"ConstantTime.xs"
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"repo": "https://github.com/hoytech/String-Compare-ConstantTime",
"vendor": "FRACTAL",
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"value": "String::Compare::ConstantTime para Perl hasta la versi\u00f3n 0.321 es vulnerable a ataques de temporizaci\u00f3n que permiten a un atacante adivinar la longitud de una cadena secreta. Como se indica en la documentaci\u00f3n: \"Si las longitudes de las cadenas son diferentes, dado que `equals` devuelve `false` inmediatamente, el tama\u00f1o de la cadena secreta podr\u00eda filtrarse (pero no su contenido). Esto es similar a CVE-2020-36829\"."
}
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"id": "CVE-2024-13939",
"lastModified": "2026-06-17T07:03:01.300",
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