CVE-2024-13939

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. As stated in the documentation: "If the lengths of the strings are different, because equals returns false right away the size of the secret string may be leaked (but not its contents)." This is similar to CVE-2020-36829
Configurations

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History

28 Mar 2025, 15:15

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5

28 Mar 2025, 03:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-03-28 03:15

Updated : 2025-03-28 18:11


NVD link : CVE-2024-13939

Mitre link : CVE-2024-13939

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-13939


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Products Affected

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CWE
CWE-208

Observable Timing Discrepancy