CVE-2003-0740
MediumPublished
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.
- Published
- Sep 4, 2003
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Sep 5, 2003
Primary CVSS
4.6/ 10Medium
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P0.7%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 51.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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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.
Sources
1Steve Grubb · linux · Sep 5, 2003
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