Bug 20702 - Perl IO::Socket::SSL Hostname Matching Security Bypass
Summary: Perl IO::Socket::SSL Hostname Matching Security Bypass
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Sisyphus
Classification: Development
Component: perl-IO-Socket-SSL (show other bugs)
Version: unstable
Hardware: all Linux
: P3 normal
Assignee: viy
QA Contact: qa-sisyphus
URL: http://secunia.com/advisories/35703/
Keywords: security
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Reported: 2009-07-07 20:11 MSD by Vladimir Lettiev
Modified: 2010-04-24 11:14 MSD (History)
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Description Vladimir Lettiev 2009-07-07 20:11:30 MSD 
A vulnerability has been reported in IO::Socket::SSL, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the certificate hostname matching when no wildcard was given, which can be exploited to bypass the hostname verification.

Fixed in 1.26
Comment 1 Vladimir Lettiev 2010-04-24 11:14:29 MSD 
fixed
Comment 2 Vladimir Lettiev 2010-04-24 11:14:55 MSD 
closed