CVE-2013-2145

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2145
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-08-19 23:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe cpansign verify functionality in the Module::Signature module before 0.72 for Perl allows attackers to bypass the signature check and execute arbitrary code via a SIGNATURE file with a "special unknown cipher" that references an untrusted module in Digest/.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.04 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Application Perlmonks Module \ signature 0.70 All
Application Perlmonks Module \ signature 0.71 All
Application Perlmonks Module \ signature All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2013:1185-1: moderate: perl-Module-Signature af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
* Version 71 with advisory from @fweimer · audreyt/module-signature@575f7bd · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
* 0.72 with an improved path checker from @fweimer · audreyt/module-signature@cbd06b3 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
openSUSE-SU-2013:1178-1: moderate: perl-Module-Signature af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-1896-1: Module::Signature perl module vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Module::Signature CVE-2013-2145 Local Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE-2013-2145: perl Module::Signature code execution vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
971096 – (CVE-2013-2145) CVE-2013-2145 perl-Module-Signature: arbitrary code execution when verifying SIGNATURE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
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