Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0740 - Unspecified vulnerability in Stunnel

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
stunnel
nessus
exploit available

Summary

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.

Exploit-Db

descriptionStunnel <= 3.24, 4.00 Daemon Hijacking Proof of Concept Exploit. CVE-2003-0740. Local exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:91
last seen2016-01-31
modified2003-09-05
published2003-09-05
reporterSteve Grubb
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/91/
titleStunnel <= 3.24/4.00 - Daemon Hijacking Proof of Concept Exploit

Nessus

  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2003-297.NASL
    descriptionUpdated stunnel packages are now available. These updates address problems stemming from improper use of non-reentrant functions in signal handlers. Stunnel is a wrapper for network connections. It can be used to tunnel an unencrypted network connection over an encrypted connection (encrypted using SSL or TLS) or to provide an encrypted means of connecting to services that do not natively support encryption. A previous advisory provided updated packages to address re-entrancy problems in stunnel
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id12426
    published2004-07-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/12426
    titleRHEL 2.1 : stunnel (RHSA-2003:297)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2003:297. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(12426);
      script_version ("1.27");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:10");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0740");
      script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2003:297");
    
      script_name(english:"RHEL 2.1 : stunnel (RHSA-2003:297)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Updated stunnel packages are now available. These updates address
    problems stemming from improper use of non-reentrant functions in
    signal handlers.
    
    Stunnel is a wrapper for network connections. It can be used to tunnel
    an unencrypted network connection over an encrypted connection
    (encrypted using SSL or TLS) or to provide an encrypted means of
    connecting to services that do not natively support encryption.
    
    A previous advisory provided updated packages to address re-entrancy
    problems in stunnel's signal-handling routines. These updates did not
    address other bugs that were found by Steve Grubb, and introduced an
    additional bug, which was fixed in stunnel 3.26.
    
    All users should upgrade to these errata packages, which address these
    issues by updating stunnel to version 3.26.
    
    NOTE: After upgrading, any instances of stunnel configured to run in
    daemon mode should be restarted, and any active network connections
    that are currently being serviced by stunnel should be terminated and
    reestablished."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0740"
      );
      # http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=stunnel-users&m=105980139926784
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://marc.info/?l=stunnel-users&m=105980139926784"
      );
      # http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=stunnel-users&m=106221975232250
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://marc.info/?l=stunnel-users&m=106221975232250"
      );
      # http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106260760211958
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106260760211958"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:297"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected stunnel package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:stunnel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2003/10/20");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/11/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/06");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^2\.1([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 2.1", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
    if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i386", cpu);
    
    yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
    if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
    {
      rhsa = "RHSA-2003:297";
      yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
      if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
      {
        security_report_v4(
          port       : 0,
          severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
          extra      : yum_report 
        );
        exit(0);
      }
      else
      {
        audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
        audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
      }
    }
    else
    {
      flag = 0;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"stunnel-3.26-1.7.3")) flag++;
    
      if (flag)
      {
        security_report_v4(
          port       : 0,
          severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
          extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
        );
        exit(0);
      }
      else
      {
        tested = pkg_tests_get();
        if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
        else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "stunnel");
      }
    }
    
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRAKE_MDKSA-2003-108.NASL
    descriptionA vulnerability was discovered in stunnel versions 3.24 and earlier, as well as 4.00, by Steve Grubb. It was found that stunnel leaks a critical file descriptor that can be used to hijack stunnel
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id14090
    published2004-07-31
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14090
    titleMandrake Linux Security Advisory : stunnel (MDKSA-2003:108)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:108. 
    # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(14090);
      script_version ("1.21");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:47");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0740");
      script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2003:108");
    
      script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : stunnel (MDKSA-2003:108)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "A vulnerability was discovered in stunnel versions 3.24 and earlier,
    as well as 4.00, by Steve Grubb. It was found that stunnel leaks a
    critical file descriptor that can be used to hijack stunnel's
    services.
    
    All users are encouraged to upgrade to these packages. Note that the
    version of stunnel provided with Mandrake Linux 9.1 and above is not
    vulnerable to this problem."
      );
      # http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106260760211958&w=2
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106260760211958&w=2"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected stunnel package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:stunnel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/11/25");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/31");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"stunnel-3.26-1.1.90mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2003:297