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Medium ALSA-2023:6539 1 CVE

Moderate: perl-CPAN security update

Published Nov 7, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 perl-CPAN 2.29-3.el9

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31484
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2218667
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6539.html