CVE-2009-3024

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3024
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-31 20:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.14 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.15 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.16 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.16_1 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.16_2 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.16_3 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.17 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.18 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.19 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.20 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.21 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.22 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.23 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.24 All All All
Application Io-socket-ssl Io-socket-ssl 1.25 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- IO::Socket::SSL: Certificate validation error af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
cpansearch.perl.org/src/SULLR/IO-Socket-SSL-1.30/Changes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cpansearch.perl.org
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE request: perl-IO-Socket-SSL certificate hostname compare bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Gentoo update for IO-Socket-SSL - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE request: perl-IO-Socket-SSL certificate hostname compare bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: perl-IO-Socket-SSL certificate hostname compare bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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