CPANSA-HTTP-Tiny-2023-31486: HTTP-Tiny vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2023-02-14T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25
Current release date 2023-02-14T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 8.1 Severity
Original language Language en
Also referred to

Vulnerability Description

HTTP::Tiny v0.082, a Perl core module since v5.13.9 and available standalone on CPAN, does not verify TLS certs by default. Users must opt-in with the verify_SSL=>1 flag to verify certs when using HTTPS.
Resulting in a CWE-1188: Insecure Default Initialization of Resource weakness.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-31486

Vulnerability Description

HTTP::Tiny before 0.083, a Perl core module since 5.13.9 and available standalone on CPAN, has an insecure default TLS configuration where users must opt in to verify certificates.

Weakness CWE-295 : Improper Certificate Validation

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
HTTP-Tiny less than 0.083
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 8.1 High
Fixed

giterlizzi

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gdt@cpan.org

References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Tue Feb 14 00:00:00 2023 First release

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