CVE-2017-20240: medium-severity vulnerability in ARODLAND Crypt::PBKDF2
Crypt::PBKDF2 versions before 0.261630 for Perl are vulnerable to timing attacks
Published
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.9epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 77% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Crypt::PBKDF2 versions before 0.261630 for Perl are vulnerable to timing attacks.
These versions use Perl's built-in eq comparison. Discrepancies in timing could be used to guess the underlying derived-key.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
ARODLAND · Crypt::PBKDF2Related CVEs — ARODLAND Crypt::PBKDF2
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