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CVE-2008-2420

Impact:: Moderate
Public Date:: 2008-05-19

Bugzilla:: 448290: CVE-2008-2420 stunnel: incorrect CRL verification using OCSP protocol

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The OCSP functionality in stunnel before 4.24 does not properly search certificate revocation lists (CRL), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using revoked certificates.

Find out more about CVE-2008-2420 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. OCSP protocol support was only implemented in upstream stunnel version 4.16. Therefore OCSP protocol is not available in the versions of stunnel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

Last Modified 2018-05-02T02:51:33+00:00

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