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stunnel before 5.00, when using fork threading, does not...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

No package listedSuggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

stunnel before 5.00, when using fork threading, does not properly update the state of the OpenSSL pseudo-random number generator (PRNG), which causes subsequent children with the same process ID to use the same entropy pool and allows remote attackers to obtain private keys for EC (ECDSA) or DSA certificates.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 24, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.337%
(72nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2014-0016

GHSA ID

GHSA-xxr9-37w5-wgwc

Source code

No known source code

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