MGASA-2014-0257

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    MGASA-2014-0257

    Published: 6 Jun 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3230

    Summary: Updated perl-LWP-Protocol-https package fixes CVE-2014-3230

    Details: Updated perl-LWP-Protocol-https package fixes security vulnerability: It was reported that libwww-perl (LWP), when using IO::Socket::SSL (the default) and when the HTTPS_CA_DIR or HTTPS_CA_FILE environment variables were set, would disable server certificate verification, when the intent was to only disable hostname verification (CVE-2014-3230).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0257.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133535.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13425

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl-LWP-Protocol-https

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-LWP-Protocol-https?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.40.0-2.1.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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