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Gentoo: GLSA 201402-08 Moderate: Stunnel Denial Of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey February 6, 2014
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Explore the weaknesses found in stunnel for Gentoo, particularly focusing on denial of service threats and best practices for keeping your setup current.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in stunnel, the worst of which may cause a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in stunnel. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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security advisory denial of service gentoo moderate severity vulnerability stunnel service disruption

Resolution

All stunnel users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/stunnel-4.56-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2686 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2686 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-0166 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0166 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-0169 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0169 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-1762 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1762

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-08
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Normal
Title: stunnel: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 06, 2014
Bugs: #460278
ID: 201402-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo moderate severity vulnerability stunnel service disruption

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in stunnel, the worst of which may cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

The stunnel program is designed to work as an SSL encryption wrapper between a client and a local or remote server.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/stunnel < 4.56-r1 >= 4.56-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or disclose potentially sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.