1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5689-2

USN-5689-2: Perl vulnerability

Publication date

28 November 2022

Overview

Perl could be made to by pass signature verification.

Releases

Packages

  • perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language

Details

USN-5689-1 fixed a vulnerability in Perl.
This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 22.10.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain signature verification.
An remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass signature verification.

USN-5689-1 fixed a vulnerability in Perl.
This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 22.10.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain signature verification.
An remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass signature verification.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic perl –  5.34.0-5ubuntu1.1

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