Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | LWP::Protocol::https vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2292-1 | First vendor Publication | 2014-07-17 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2014-07-17 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | Not Defined | Attack Range | Not Defined |
| Cvss Impact Score | Not Defined | Attack Complexity | Not Defined |
| Cvss Expoit Score | Not Defined | Authentication | Not Defined |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: LWP::Protocol::https could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software Description: - liblwp-protocol-https-perl: HTTPS driver for LWP::UserAgent Details: It was discovered that the LWP::Protocol::https perl module incorrectly disabled peer certificate verification completely when only hostname verification was requested to be disabled. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could possibly be exploited in certain scenarios to alter or compromise confidential information in applications that used the LWP::Protocol::https module. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2292-1 |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-07-19 13:24:36 |
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| 2014-07-17 21:22:11 |
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