openSUSE-SU-2021:0160-1 Security update for stunnel
An attacker can bypass certificate chain verification in stunnel when the redirect option is used with verifyChain enabled, potentially allowing man-in-the-middle attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is openSUSE-SU-2021:0160-1?
openSUSE-SU-2021:0160-1 is a vulnerability in stunnel, published on 25 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
This update for stunnel fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- The 'redirect' option was fixed to properly handle 'verifyChain = yes' (bsc#1177580).
Non-security issues fixed:
Fix startup problem of the stunnel daemon (bsc#1178533)
update to 5.57:
- Security bugfixes
- New features
- New securityLevel configuration file option.
- Support for modern PostgreSQL clients
- TLS 1.3 configuration updated for better compatibility.
- Bugfixes
- Fixed a transfer() loop bug.
- Fixed memory leaks on configuration reloading errors.
- DH/ECDH initialization restored for client sections.
- Delay startup with systemd until network is online.
- A number of testing framework fixes and improvements.
update to 5.56:
- Various text files converted to Markdown format.
- Support for realpath(3) implementations incompatible with POSIX.1-2008, such as 4.4BSD or Solaris.
- Support for engines without PRNG seeding methods (thx to Petr Mikhalitsyn).
- Retry unsuccessful port binding on configuration file reload.
- Thread safety fixes in SSL_SESSION object handling.
- Terminate clients on exit in the FORK threading model.
Fixup stunnel.conf handling:
- Remove old static openSUSE provided stunnel.conf.
- Use upstream stunnel.conf and tailor it for openSUSE using sed.
- Don't show README.openSUSE when installing.
enable /etc/stunnel/conf.d
re-enable openssl.cnf
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.
Which versions are affected by openSUSE-SU-2021:0160-1?
Linux distribution packages (1)
stunnel openSUSE:Leap 15.2 | All versions | 5.57-lp152.2.3.1 |
How do I fix openSUSE-SU-2021:0160-1?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is openSUSE-SU-2021:0160-1 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of openSUSE-SU-2021:0160-1 in the wild and no public exploit code.