CVE-2020-36829 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Mojolicious module before 8.65 for Perl is vulnerable to secure_compare timing attacks that allow an attacker to guess the length of a secret string. Only versions after 1.74 are affected.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00165.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mojolicious Subscribe	Mojolicious Subscribe

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3846-1	libmojolicious-perl security update
EUVD	EUVD-2020-24270	The Mojolicious module before 8.65 for Perl is vulnerable to secure_compare timing attacks that allow an attacker to guess the length of a secret string. Only versions after 1.74 are affected.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/issues/1599
https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/pull/1601
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00025.html

History

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Mojolicious Mojolicious mojolicious
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:mojolicious:mojolicious::::::::
Vendors & Products		Mojolicious Mojolicious mojolicious
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-04-07T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-13T20:37:14.708Z

Reserved: 2024-04-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-36829

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:37:07.142Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-04-08T00:15:07.840

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:30:19.290

Link: CVE-2020-36829

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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