- Issued:
- 2026-01-05
- Updated:
- 2026-01-05
RHSA-2026:0079 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Moderate: perl security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Moderate
Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update for perl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming.
Security Fix(es):
- perl: CPAN.pm does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS (CVE-2023-31484)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
Fixes
- BZ - 2218667 - CVE-2023-31484 perl: CPAN.pm does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS
CVEs
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| perl-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 20003ea9b2e8412b744c117ebf0f64356a0ca841677112c2a3e80c7ae1b3ec63 |
| x86_64 | |
| perl-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: dde2395500282e1c03eb37796d6f7bb05485514f42c57454d5b45bd42f0e1a97 |
| perl-CPAN-1.9800-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 48492fb18e0a8df848ec4ed010f4f69a240e7d3b85c146c64c06fc7c6736bf48 |
| perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.28.2.6-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 2e6fe3f527c9ccbcdef2c55b74c7fb129a6361e2bf312a592476dfc61fa5bc0a |
| perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.30-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 20a274f368d040cb8141255ac5f780ce85e0a368a8f7523d75305d7ad9ae207b |
| perl-ExtUtils-Install-1.58-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7ce9316fdd837003da76200c041d516143aaa614a25c55fe704ab5b4cdaf50cd |
| perl-IO-Zlib-1.10-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 2894f33db2b011f809753ba42dbae1214444a9457d34f1dbe489cec632689234 |
| perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ad04c7d2f7094a937cab9d07d2fc3587505397b97684f99863008e29f73fad0d |
| perl-Module-CoreList-2.76.02-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 78bc4483d8afd8475dde107ead6f250ed1a60a9d2906a3b1f0b135d17e5a6384 |
| perl-Module-Loaded-0.08-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 40018589e63dad0736a3c1206efbbf2037a268a59eb49d53c705e58b3f23330e |
| perl-Object-Accessor-0.42-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: cec0fbc80986a38d9b98fe51ec6dba51bd5e733ad5da8dd5131e6a37bed88903 |
| perl-Package-Constants-0.02-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: a64a0d8b1c2795a69c1e981f7c5dcd82000d32d22e3f903ee29b127387c7f7ef |
| perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 8a1df724a2d4b039e87aee0edc26d925e9a723245881a97b4b269b26e48f324b |
| perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-299.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 83d8807449311dcf55d4b2b1daf58f181be438a8474f3f892a629863596a2aad |
| perl-core-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1f6468af7290c575167a90a33d34746ab1b1a71eb22534cbab5417b50bd6d766 |
| perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 62ac24045c2d052b26fcf663b20423bbc9becdc074d5a69747d53593e3ffe8f2 |
| perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: edab35babbed30272476da849690aebe2d382a55e0889569bd05ab3de3ea6719 |
| perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: edab35babbed30272476da849690aebe2d382a55e0889569bd05ab3de3ea6719 |
| perl-devel-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 06a768d9ad51294ad889f3a148f7c1dd346fb59315a3130b267bae563224dc4e |
| perl-devel-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1719fca41abff8f7c2622e60414b184da2248aeb946348bea636da7e0dda81aa |
| perl-libs-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2c079cd0cb0183099bcdf83e3df08735178b2dba2def5764ab445758e8f09bd1 |
| perl-libs-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9c71cb876d609879950a7e564afc447aa14fe57d74dfc00cd29c49879979b2c2 |
| perl-macros-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1f1ecf8b31b194152798ff90153853b85a9c9faaad68cf38041e62fec71c8f62 |
| perl-tests-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f79ed71ea356453b2d6eaf141ea68927124ef69d928fb84b74e39ae2853b445e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| perl-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 20003ea9b2e8412b744c117ebf0f64356a0ca841677112c2a3e80c7ae1b3ec63 |
| s390x | |
| perl-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 83ad335aeacb33daaf4d8150c7f296b414e2518b651fbb97504d6238111f2627 |
| perl-CPAN-1.9800-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 48492fb18e0a8df848ec4ed010f4f69a240e7d3b85c146c64c06fc7c6736bf48 |
| perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.28.2.6-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 2e6fe3f527c9ccbcdef2c55b74c7fb129a6361e2bf312a592476dfc61fa5bc0a |
| perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.30-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 20a274f368d040cb8141255ac5f780ce85e0a368a8f7523d75305d7ad9ae207b |
| perl-ExtUtils-Install-1.58-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7ce9316fdd837003da76200c041d516143aaa614a25c55fe704ab5b4cdaf50cd |
| perl-IO-Zlib-1.10-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 2894f33db2b011f809753ba42dbae1214444a9457d34f1dbe489cec632689234 |
| perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ad04c7d2f7094a937cab9d07d2fc3587505397b97684f99863008e29f73fad0d |
| perl-Module-CoreList-2.76.02-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 78bc4483d8afd8475dde107ead6f250ed1a60a9d2906a3b1f0b135d17e5a6384 |
| perl-Module-Loaded-0.08-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 40018589e63dad0736a3c1206efbbf2037a268a59eb49d53c705e58b3f23330e |
| perl-Object-Accessor-0.42-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: cec0fbc80986a38d9b98fe51ec6dba51bd5e733ad5da8dd5131e6a37bed88903 |
| perl-Package-Constants-0.02-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: a64a0d8b1c2795a69c1e981f7c5dcd82000d32d22e3f903ee29b127387c7f7ef |
| perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 8a1df724a2d4b039e87aee0edc26d925e9a723245881a97b4b269b26e48f324b |
| perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-299.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: f502ba53f0093614058909cf70504c9ac252eed01468bc5715ee5056abd71927 |
| perl-core-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 31516fa8064497200c60bd072147dc0df4d8343ccf9654e0b983da0471e75d53 |
| perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 9f52d6ec36267a04f4b0573cf5cb8a666d0be6f6ee6b17077f9e8372bf85552e |
| perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 250dcce209c3445f537726ac151785999491b6ebba0e538a3bdf25ff94bd5912 |
| perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 250dcce209c3445f537726ac151785999491b6ebba0e538a3bdf25ff94bd5912 |
| perl-devel-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: f0a11e09003f687f574de757ca733f74048af5cb5f5a5b0e5e67f9613d50dd2a |
| perl-devel-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: f52b0a7e4ff298dc626c13127557f3ef69e33ef42e3f5a55283c31b1b0806e17 |
| perl-libs-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 5128fa536c788fd1dce73369a6ebabb3234461e60cc01b84324ad8e7cd320481 |
| perl-libs-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 381da4a042b8b9acbbdb3ed3591c94bd570ca97683dbc4cbea0b2606590c1ba6 |
| perl-macros-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 1169f834545058053db52a1c9a2cdb155a541b3b4ddcd53bd176494cf90f5e5a |
| perl-tests-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 7959cc8889f0abad098c55d66f36a43535314954bd1c6d088d814e70daad3c45 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| perl-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 20003ea9b2e8412b744c117ebf0f64356a0ca841677112c2a3e80c7ae1b3ec63 |
| ppc64 | |
| perl-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: baa9a6fbc747ee805be4e532d9edf0c515957571f526db0b4f971ea927ba825d |
| perl-CPAN-1.9800-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 48492fb18e0a8df848ec4ed010f4f69a240e7d3b85c146c64c06fc7c6736bf48 |
| perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.28.2.6-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 2e6fe3f527c9ccbcdef2c55b74c7fb129a6361e2bf312a592476dfc61fa5bc0a |
| perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.30-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 20a274f368d040cb8141255ac5f780ce85e0a368a8f7523d75305d7ad9ae207b |
| perl-ExtUtils-Install-1.58-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7ce9316fdd837003da76200c041d516143aaa614a25c55fe704ab5b4cdaf50cd |
| perl-IO-Zlib-1.10-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 2894f33db2b011f809753ba42dbae1214444a9457d34f1dbe489cec632689234 |
| perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ad04c7d2f7094a937cab9d07d2fc3587505397b97684f99863008e29f73fad0d |
| perl-Module-CoreList-2.76.02-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 78bc4483d8afd8475dde107ead6f250ed1a60a9d2906a3b1f0b135d17e5a6384 |
| perl-Module-Loaded-0.08-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 40018589e63dad0736a3c1206efbbf2037a268a59eb49d53c705e58b3f23330e |
| perl-Object-Accessor-0.42-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: cec0fbc80986a38d9b98fe51ec6dba51bd5e733ad5da8dd5131e6a37bed88903 |
| perl-Package-Constants-0.02-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: a64a0d8b1c2795a69c1e981f7c5dcd82000d32d22e3f903ee29b127387c7f7ef |
| perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 8a1df724a2d4b039e87aee0edc26d925e9a723245881a97b4b269b26e48f324b |
| perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-299.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 6cb271da253445eacac6f874e1aaf66bdfd36291f49eb071b17d7f586fa1eb45 |
| perl-core-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 0a17c69bb167b76c1201b0f87b14830c7e3d860ba06f01f39e7bb5da2bea95e7 |
| perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 62a1312d0afbe7d06b57c4001d18f99b9483a7217a69520d02392445d3f3ce16 |
| perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: c350431ce5cd2b0e00e40503bdde3e39c36a26e4c3078b95c752edb88ee122ea |
| perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: c350431ce5cd2b0e00e40503bdde3e39c36a26e4c3078b95c752edb88ee122ea |
| perl-devel-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: f5bb5925a25b83ace6319082103102e285e0cad5537c14e7203b47b66b4249a7 |
| perl-devel-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: f3ec16d4934e3ca0cf654a75464fc5a9ec4095e9597722c0bb0fd58b3b93509d |
| perl-libs-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 0ed3dac757c38829257475b9098670e88e43cc08864980a86217f04d2309fccb |
| perl-libs-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 1cd6dd0db3efd696c1d57f5412ee650078a2cfc65577291bef4935db6caea2a4 |
| perl-macros-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 98204d4c8c2d3e819c10315646a5d56811ecb16c151014f9aa98f537a2de7174 |
| perl-tests-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: e622df8c41ddc535da84336376ef1b980bb8ca9c39aba8fc1fbe8a77c33cc480 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| perl-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 20003ea9b2e8412b744c117ebf0f64356a0ca841677112c2a3e80c7ae1b3ec63 |
| ppc64le | |
| perl-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: b8e6523e1b86e137b5de76031ae06a6483bfe6728d5adfe92ce00811527abde5 |
| perl-CPAN-1.9800-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 48492fb18e0a8df848ec4ed010f4f69a240e7d3b85c146c64c06fc7c6736bf48 |
| perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.28.2.6-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 2e6fe3f527c9ccbcdef2c55b74c7fb129a6361e2bf312a592476dfc61fa5bc0a |
| perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.30-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 20a274f368d040cb8141255ac5f780ce85e0a368a8f7523d75305d7ad9ae207b |
| perl-ExtUtils-Install-1.58-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7ce9316fdd837003da76200c041d516143aaa614a25c55fe704ab5b4cdaf50cd |
| perl-IO-Zlib-1.10-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 2894f33db2b011f809753ba42dbae1214444a9457d34f1dbe489cec632689234 |
| perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: ad04c7d2f7094a937cab9d07d2fc3587505397b97684f99863008e29f73fad0d |
| perl-Module-CoreList-2.76.02-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 78bc4483d8afd8475dde107ead6f250ed1a60a9d2906a3b1f0b135d17e5a6384 |
| perl-Module-Loaded-0.08-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 40018589e63dad0736a3c1206efbbf2037a268a59eb49d53c705e58b3f23330e |
| perl-Object-Accessor-0.42-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: cec0fbc80986a38d9b98fe51ec6dba51bd5e733ad5da8dd5131e6a37bed88903 |
| perl-Package-Constants-0.02-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: a64a0d8b1c2795a69c1e981f7c5dcd82000d32d22e3f903ee29b127387c7f7ef |
| perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-299.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 8a1df724a2d4b039e87aee0edc26d925e9a723245881a97b4b269b26e48f324b |
| perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-299.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 85cd05cbc60b4faa898d790bfcdccdb03a51b07738bbf691e141e5c973b4b901 |
| perl-core-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 969191518a0a94ff49516cae204e54876fe858f3373e2637ad107b2d11f88b9d |
| perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 63b21b64ec21fc59b3dd7f842782de94ebe025b714963bc67b8c6119f7fbe8ed |
| perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 63b21b64ec21fc59b3dd7f842782de94ebe025b714963bc67b8c6119f7fbe8ed |
| perl-devel-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 31973df37d2bf830ab751d0bb61d9b945e41e21f1c699618dd2488260ed49203 |
| perl-libs-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 9c961ddcd6271a8817a37d5de9c5d03663a02e8b49ae9d090506eabbb21e4557 |
| perl-macros-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 820d9186274852a9da2c67ec968dd41aa1941fc4033de2cae7a9d6118bf4fea8 |
| perl-tests-5.16.3-299.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 4ae3ebd810fdcac1fb1cb69964d0ec0179a1a39672d53eef04283eb6f2b7278d |
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