DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20240

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-20240
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20240.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20240
Upstream
Published
2026-06-12T14:16:28.660Z
Modified
2026-06-15T07:00:06.084502313Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Crypt::PBKDF2 versions before 0.261630 for Perl are vulnerable to timing attacks. These versions use Perl's built-in eq comparison. Discrepancies in timing could be used to guess the underlying derived-key.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libcrypt-pbkdf2-perl

Package

Name
libcrypt-pbkdf2-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libcrypt-pbkdf2-perl?arch=source&distro=bullseye

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.161520-1
0.161520-2
0.261630-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20240.json"

Debian:12 / libcrypt-pbkdf2-perl

Package

Name
libcrypt-pbkdf2-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libcrypt-pbkdf2-perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.161520-2
0.261630-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20240.json"

Debian:13 / libcrypt-pbkdf2-perl

Package

Name
libcrypt-pbkdf2-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libcrypt-pbkdf2-perl?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.161520-2
0.261630-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20240.json"

Debian:14 / libcrypt-pbkdf2-perl

Package

Name
libcrypt-pbkdf2-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libcrypt-pbkdf2-perl?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.261630-1

Affected versions

0.*
0.161520-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20240.json"