CVE - CVE-2011-0633

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-0633	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The Net::HTTPS module in libwww-perl (LWP) before 6.00, as used in WWW::Mechanize, LWP::UserAgent, and other products, when running in environments that do not set the If-SSL-Cert-Subject header, does not enable full validation of SSL certificates by default, which allows remote attackers to spoof servers via man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks involving hostnames that are not properly validated. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a design limitation of the Net::HTTPS API, and separate implementations should be independently assigned CVE identifiers for not working around this limitation. However, because this API was modified within LWP, a single CVE identifier has been assigned.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-6.02/Changes MISC:http://vttynotes.blogspot.com/2010/12/man-in-middle-fun-with-perl-lwp.html MISC:http://vttynotes.blogspot.com/2011/03/quick-note-on-lwp-and-perl-security-cve.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20110120	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110120)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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