CVE-2014-3230
perl-libwww-perl: incorrect handling of SSL certificate verification
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · May 1, 2014
Updated · November 22, 2025
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation