CVE-2003-0740: Stunnel 4.00, and 3.24 and earlier, leaks a privileged file descriptor returned by listen(), which allows local users to hijack the Stunnel server.

PriorityP413medium4.6CVSS 2.0

AVLACLAuNCPIPAP

EXPLOIT

EPSS

0.70%

48.7th percentile

Stunnel 4.00, and 3.24 and earlier, leaks a privileged file descriptor returned by listen(), which allows local users to hijack the Stunnel server.

Affected

24 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	stunnel4	< stunnel4 2:4.04 (bookworm)	stunnel4 2:4.04 (bookworm)
stunnel	stunnel	—	—
stunnel	stunnel	—	—
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CVSS provenance

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv4.6MEDIUM

vendor_debian4.6MEDIUM

vendor_redhat4.6MEDIUM

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