Cryptographic issues in IO-Socket-SSL - CVE-2010-4334
Published: January 14, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45454
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4334
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SULLR
Affected software:
IO-Socket-SSL
IO-Socket-SSL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The IO::Socket::SSL module 1.35 for Perl, when verify_mode is not VERIFY_NONE, fails open to VERIFY_NONE instead of throwing an error when a ca_file/ca_path cannot be verified, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended certificate restrictions.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4334
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=606058
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SULLR/IO-Socket-SSL-1.35/Changes
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052594.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052601.html
- http://osvdb.org/69626
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42508
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42757
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:092
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/24/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45189