CVE-2014-3230

MEDIUM

LWP::Protocol::https 6.04-6.06 - Improper Certificate Validation via Environment Variable Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The libwww-perl LWP::Protocol::https module 6.04 through 6.06 for Perl, when using IO::Socket::SSL as the SSL socket class, allows attackers to disable server certificate validation via the (1) HTTPS_CA_DIR or (2) HTTPS_CA_FILE environment variable.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746579
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/02/8
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/04/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/8

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0160
EPSS Percentile 72.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (1)
lwp\/\ 6.04 - 6.06
Published Jan 28, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026