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Date: Sun, 7 May 2023 11:11:47 -0700
From: John Helmert III <ajak@...too.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default,
affecting CPAN.pm and other modules
On Wed, May 03, 2023 at 03:41:26PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 3:21 PM Reid Sutherland <reid@...rddimension.net> wrote:
> > On 4/29/23 06:04, Stig Palmquist wrote:
> > >
> > > - CVE-2023-31484 for CPAN.pm
> > > - CVE-2023-31485 for GitLab::API::v4
> > > - CVE-2023-31486 for HTTP::Tiny
> > > ...
> >
> > Who actually decides when something receives a CVE? This can be used to
> > defame projects and products as in this case.
>
> "Who decides" can be a tricky question.
>
> Several organizations issue CVEs, like Red Hat and Gentoo. A bug
> usually has to meet a criteria, like falling into a CWE category, to
> be issued by the organization.
Actually, Gentoo is NOT a CNA, and thus cannot issue CVEs.
> You can also get them from Mitre's site. In the case of Mitre, it is
> the person who requests the CVE.
>
> Some CVE's are tenuous or questionable. You often see this from folks
> trying to pad their resume. For example, a researcher may request a
> CVE for a behavior that requires elevated privileges. In this case,
> someone who is Root on Linux or Administrator on Windows can already
> do the damage, so the behavior in question that happens with
> privileges is not really interesting.
>
> In the case of HTTP::Tiny, the default configuration and behavior is
> running afoul of https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html and
> https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/319.html. In this case, the
> industry believes comms should use HTTPS and the name hostname should
> be validated.
>
> Jeff
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