Bug 2355705 - CVE-2024-13939 perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime: 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 [fedora-41]
Summary: CVE-2024-13939 perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime: String::Compare::ConstantTim...
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Status: ON_QA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime
Version: 41
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Petr Pisar
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2024-13939
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Reported: 2025-03-28 09:44 UTC by Avinash Hanwate
Modified: 2025-04-17 19:48 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime-0.321-21.fc41
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2025-03-28 09:44:42 UTC 
More information about this security flaw is available in the following bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355663

Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2025-04-10 03:32:40 UTC 
FEDORA-2025-5d61874568 has been pushed to the Fedora 41 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-5d61874568`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-5d61874568

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-04-17 19:48:02 UTC 
FEDORA-2025-5d61874568 (perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime-0.321-21.fc41) has been pushed to the Fedora 41 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
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