Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 201101-06.
Solution
All IO::Socket::SSL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-perl/IO-Socket-SSL-1.26'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20201101-06 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=276360
Insight
An error in the hostname matching of IO::Socket::SSL might enable remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-3024 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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