CVE-2013-2145
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
The 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/.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (46th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-2110)
- Published
- August 19, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2110 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- perlmonks / module
- perlmonks / module
- perlmonks / module
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00043.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/05/16
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60352
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1896-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971096
- https://github.com/audreyt/module-signature/commit/575f7bd6ba4cc7c92f841e8758f88a131674ebf2(Exploit, Patch)
- https://github.com/audreyt/module-signature/commit/cbd06b392a73c63159dc5c20ff5b3c8fc88c4896(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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