Observable discrepancy in Mojolicious - CVE-2020-36829

 

Observable discrepancy in Mojolicious - CVE-2020-36829

Published: July 8, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU93861
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36829
CWE-ID: CWE-203
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to observable discrepancy when comparing passwords. A remote attacker can guess the length of a secret string.



Affected software

Mojolicious
openEuler
perl-Mojolicious
perl-Test-Mojo
perl-Mojolicious-help

How to mitigate CVE-2020-36829

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mojolicious - update to 8.65
perl-Mojolicious - update to 9.26-1
perl-Test-Mojo - update to 9.26-1
perl-Mojolicious-help - update to 9.26-1

External References

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