CVE-2010-4334

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2010-12-06
Bugzilla:
660847: CVE-2010-4334 perl-IO-Socket-SSL: ignores user request for peer verification

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2010-4334 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect perl-IO-Socket-SSL version as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perl-IO-Socket-SSL Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 perl-IO-Socket-SSL Not affected

Last Modified

CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation

Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.