PT-2020-15017 · Unknown · Crypt::Perl

Published 2020-08-10 · Updated 2020-08-12 · CVE-2020-17478

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Crypt::Perl versions prior to 0.33

Description The issue concerns the ECDSA/EC/Point.pm module in Crypt::Perl, which does not properly consider timing attacks against the EC point multiplication algorithm.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.33, update to version 0.33 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Side Channel Attack

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-203

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-17478

Affected Products

Crypt::Perl

References · 3

• https://github.com/FGasper/p5-Crypt-Perl/compare/0.32...0.33 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17478 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17478 · Security Note