CVE-2014-3230
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: January 28, 2020 at 03:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:07 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorslwp-LWP::Protocol::https
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 6.06
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/02/8x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/04/1x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/8x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746579x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libwww-perl/lwp-protocol-https/pull/14CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295
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