Issued:

2013-01-07

Updated:

2013-01-07

RHBA-2012:0567 - perl-IO-Socket-SSL bug fix update

Synopsis

perl-IO-Socket-SSL bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated perl-IO-Socket-SSL package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The perl-IO-Socket-SSL package is a drop-in replacement for IO-Socket-INET that uses SSL to encrypt data before it is transferred to a remote server or client. IO::Socket::SSL supports all the extra features that one needs to write a full-featured SSL client or server application.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, check_crl routines could, under certain circumstances, cause a segmentation fault. This update modifies the underlying code so that the correct function is now called and the check_crl routine works as expected. (BZ#815335)

All users of perl-IO-Socket-SSL are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.01-2.el5.noarch.rpm
• perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.01-2.el5.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.