Debian 8 DSA-2664-1 Critical: Stunnel Buffer Overflow Remote Code Exec
debian
May 2, 2013
Stunnel, a program designed to work as an universal SSL tunnel for network daemons, is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability when using the Microsoft NT LAN Manager (NTLM) authe...
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Summary
Note that for the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable
distribution (sid), stunnel4 is compiled with stack smashing protection
enabled, which should help protect against arbitrary code execution.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3:4.29-1+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 3:4.53-1.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3:4.53-1.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your stunnel4 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: stunnel4
CVE ID: CVE-2013-1762
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