perl-libwww-perl: incorrect handling of SSL certificate verification
Published Jan 28, 2020
5.9
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.34%
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.
Affected products
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- Version 6.04 through 6.06StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libwww-Perl | LWP::Protocol::https | n/a |
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No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
perl-libwww-perl
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
perl-libwww-perl
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
perl-libwww-perl
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | perl-libwww-perl | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | perl-libwww-perl | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | perl-libwww-perl | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.34% (0.01338) | 70.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01602) | 72.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.43% (0.00432) | 60.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 61.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 59.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00240) | 60.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/02/8 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/04/1 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/8 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3230 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746579 x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094440 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/libwww-perl/lwp-protocol-https/pull/14 x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3230
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3230
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/02/8 | x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/04/1 | x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/8 | x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3230 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746579 | x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094440 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/libwww-perl/lwp-protocol-https/pull/14 | x_refsource_MISCBroken Link | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3230 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3230 |
Change history (0)
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