CVE-2002-1563

Published: Apr 26, 2003Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other

1.2LOW

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:HAccess Complexity

High

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/a n/a

stunnel stunnel

On-prem

Networking Infrastructure

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Inc.

On-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

stunneloss-projectNetworking Infrastructure

red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

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

linuxsecurity.com

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

distro.conectiva.com.br

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

marc.info

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Timeline

Published

Apr 26, 2003

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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