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GLSA-201402-08 : stunnel: Arbitrary code execution

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72385

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201402-08 (stunnel: Arbitrary code execution)

 A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in stunnel. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious proxy server, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code within the configured chroot directory, with the privileges of the user running stunnel. Please review the references below for details.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

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

See Also

https://www.stunnel.org/CVE-2013-1762.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72385

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201402-08.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 2/7/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:stunnel, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1762

BID: 57755, 57778, 58277, 60268

GLSA: 201402-08