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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201402-08

Posted on 07 February 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201402-08
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Severity: Normal
Title: stunnel: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 06, 2014
Bugs: #460278
ID: 201402-08

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

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

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

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

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All stunnel users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/stunnel-4.56-r1"

References
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[ 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
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-08.xml

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

 

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