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Medium
CVE-2003-0740
Stunnel 4.00, and 3.24 and earlier, leaks a privileged file...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
stunnel
View all reports →Affected Software
stunnel
Vulnerable Versions:
3.3, 3.4a, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, 3.21a, 3.21b, 3.21c, 3.22, 3.24, 4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 4th, 2003
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.