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CVE-2014-3230 json

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 attacker…

published 2020-01-28 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3246

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • liblwp-protocol-https-perl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.04-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3230

  • liblwp-protocol-https-perl Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 6.04-2ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3230

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • perl-LWP-Protocol-https openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.06-1.4

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10239-1

  • perl-lwp-protocol-https Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +3 more 6.11-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2014-3230

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3230 updated cvss 5.8

perl-libwww-perl: incorrect handling of SSL certificate verification

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perl-libwww-perl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 perl-libwww-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perl-libwww-perl
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.debian.org https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746579 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • libwww-perl LWP::Protocol::https

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

References

Sources

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