Vulnerability in Io-Socket-Ssl
CVE-2009-3024
The verify_hostname_of_cert function in the certificate checking feature in IO-Socket-SSL (IO::Socket::SSL) 1.14 through 1.25 only matches the prefix of a hostname when no wildcard is used, which allows remote attackers to bypass the hostname check for a certificate.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (61.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Io-Socket-Ssl — versions 1.14, 1.15, 1.16
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cpansearch.perl.org/src/SULLR/IO-Socket-SSL-1.30/Changes
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0118 (vdb-entry)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201101-06.xml (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/42893 (third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/28/1 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/29/1 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/4 (mailing-list)