CVE-2011-2940

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2011-08-18
Bugzilla:
732068: CVE-2011-2940 stunnel: heap corruption flaw in 4.4x leads to remote DoS and possible code execution

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

stunnel 4.40 and 4.41 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Find out more about CVE-2011-2940 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of stunnel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, or 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 stunnel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 stunnel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 stunnel Not affected

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