VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-3230
The libwww-perl LWP::Protocol::https module 6.04 through 6.06 for Perl, when using IO::Socket::SSL as the SSL socket class, allows attackers to disable server certificate validation via the (1) HTTPS_CA_DIR or (2) HTTPS_CA_FILE environment variable.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The libwww-perl LWP::Protocol::https module 6.04 through 6.06 for Perl, when using IO::Socket::SSL as the SSL socket class, allows attackers to disable server certificate validation via the (1) HTTPS_CA_DIR or (2) HTTPS_CA_FILE environment variable.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.34% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Affected
- lwp\/\
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/02/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/04/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746579Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libwww-perl/lwp-protocol-https/pull/14Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/02/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/04/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746579Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libwww-perl/lwp-protocol-https/pull/14Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.