CVE-2021-20230

stunnel: Stunnel is a wrapper for network connections

CVE-2021-20230 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2021:0618, released February 22, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0118
67th percentile

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. Security Fix(es): * stunnel: client certificate not correctly verified when redirect and verifyChain options are used (CVE-2021-20230) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
stunnel · RHEL 8 0:5.56-5.el8_3 RHSA-2021:0618 Feb 22, 2021
stunnel · ol 8 0:5.56-5.el8_3 ELSA-2021-0618 Feb 23, 2021
stunnel4 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3:5.44-1ubuntu3+esm1 stunnel4 3:5.44-1ubuntu3+esm1 Feb 23, 2021
stunnel4 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 3:5.56-1ubuntu0.2 stunnel4 3:5.56-1ubuntu0.2 Feb 23, 2021

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