CVE-2009-3024
The verify_hostname_of_cert function in the certificate checking feature in IO-Socket-SSL (IO::Socket::SSL) 1.14 through 1.25 only matches the prefix of a hostname when no wildcard is used, which allows remote attackers to bypass the hostname check for a certificate.
Date published : 2009-08-31
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SULLR/IO-Socket-SSL-1.30/Changes