CVE-2002-1563

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1563
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-05-12 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionstunnel 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Stunnel Stunnel 4.04 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LinuxSecurity.com: EnGarde: 'stunnel' signal handler race DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linuxsecurity.com
'SIGCHLD race in forking stunnel' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'SIGCHLD problem in Stunnel' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Stunnel Unspecified SIGCHLD Signal Handler Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'TSLSA-2003-0030 - stunnel' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
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