perl IO::Socket::SSL certificate validation vulnerability
Published:		04.10.2009
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		10290
Type:		library
Level:		7/10
Description:		IO-Socket-SSL host name is not correctly validated.

Affected:		PERL : perl-IO-Socket-SSL 1.25
CVE:		CVE-2009-3024 (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.)

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MANDRIVA, [ MDVSA-2009:178 ] perl-IO-Socket-SSL (04.10.2009)

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