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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201101-06">
+ <title>IO::Socket::SSL: Certificate validation error</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ An error in the hostname matching of IO::Socket::SSL might enable remote
+ attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">IO::Socket::SSL</product>
+ <announced>2011-01-16</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2011-01-16</revised>
+ <bug>276360</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-perl/IO-Socket-SSL" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.26</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.26</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ IO::Socket::SSL is a Perl class implementing an object oriented
+ interface to SSL sockets.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ The vendor reported that IO::Socket::SSL does not properly handle
+ Common Name (CN) fields.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker might employ a specially crafted certificate to
+ conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL connections made using
+ IO::Socket::SSL.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All IO::Socket::SSL users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-perl/IO-Socket-SSL-1.26"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3024">CVE-2009-3024</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-07-10T18:07:06Z">
+ craig
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2010-04-11T12:25:53Z">
+ craig
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2010-09-22T19:52:04Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>