CVE-2009-3024
N/A
Published: August 31, 2009 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIo Socket SSL
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SULLR/IO-Socket-SSL-1.30/ChangesVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201101-06.xmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/28/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/29/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/4VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0118Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-310
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