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CVE-2002-1563

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Description

stunnel 4.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via SIGCHLD signal handler race conditions that cause an inconsistency in the child counter.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6592

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-223.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-221.html

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3535.html

http://marc.info/?l=stunnel-users&m=103600188215117&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106029168514511&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104247606910598

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000736

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-05-12

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.2

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00083

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