CVE-2021-20230
stunnel: client certificate not correctly verified when redirect and verifyChain options are used
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
A flaw was found in stunnel before 5.57, where it improperly validates client certificates when it is configured to use both redirect and verifyChain options. This flaw allows an attacker with a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority, which is not the one accepted by the stunnel server, to access the tunneled service instead of being redirected to the address specified in the redirect option. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
Se encontró un fallo en stunnel versiones anteriores a 5.57, donde comprueba inapropiadamente los certificados del cliente cuando está configurado para usar las opciones de redireccionamiento y verifyChain. Este fallo permite a un atacante con un certificado firmado por una Autoridad de Certificación, que no es el aceptado por el servidor de stunnel, para acceder al servicio de túnel en lugar de ser redireccionado a la dirección especificada en la opción de redireccionamiento. La mayor amenaza de esta vulnerabilidad es la confidencialidad
A flaw was found in stunnel, where it improperly validates client certificates when it is configured to use both redirect and verifyChain options. This flaw allows an attacker with a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority, which is not the one accepted by the stunnel server, to access the tunneled service instead of being redirected to the address specified in the redirect option. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
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CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2020-12-17 CVE Reserved
- 2021-02-22 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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CWE
- CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
CAPEC
References (4)
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https://github.com/mtrojnar/stunnel/commit/ebad9ddc4efb2635f37174c9d800d06206f1edf9 | 2022-06-01 |
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925226 | 2021-02-22 | |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-02 | 2022-06-01 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20230 | 2021-02-22 |