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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202105-02 ] stunnel: Improper certificate validation
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 08:05:13
Message-Id: 8b878238-b6b3-71ce-7a42-e4dd365f28bb@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202105-02
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: stunnel: Improper certificate validation
9 Date: May 26, 2021
10 Bugs: #772146
11 ID: 202105-02
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15 Synopsis
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18 Stunnel was not properly verifying TLS certificates, possibly allowing
19 an integrity/confidentiality compromise.
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21 Background
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24 The stunnel program is designed to work as an SSL/TLS encryption
25 wrapper between a client and a local or remote server.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-misc/stunnel < 5.58 >= 5.58
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35 Description
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38 It was discovered that stunnel did not correctly verified the client
39 certificate when options "redirect" and "verifyChain" are used.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted certificate, possibly
45 resulting in a breach of integrity or confidentiality.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All stunnel users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/stunnel-5.58"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2021-20230
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20230
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-02
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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