IO::Socket::SSL: Certificate validation error

IO::Socket::SSL: Certificate validation error An error in the hostname matching of IO::Socket::SSL might enable remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. IO::Socket::SSL 2011-01-16 2011-01-16 276360 remote 1.26 1.26

IO::Socket::SSL is a Perl class implementing an object oriented interface to SSL sockets.

The vendor reported that IO::Socket::SSL does not properly handle Common Name (CN) fields.

A remote attacker might employ a specially crafted certificate to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL connections made using IO::Socket::SSL.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All IO::Socket::SSL users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/IO-Socket-SSL-1.26"

CVE-2009-3024 craig craig p-y