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TITLE:
Perl IO::Socket::SSL Hostname Matching Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35703

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in IO::Socket::SSL, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the certificate
hostname matching when no wildcard was given, which can be exploited
to bypass the hostname verification.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.26.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.26.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Marc Lehmann

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SULLR/IO-Socket-SSL-1.26/Changes

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