CVE-2002-1563 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in stunnel version 4.0.3 and earlier. This flaw allows attackers to crash the stunnel service due to race conditions within the SIGCHLD signal handler, leading to an inconsistent child counter. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.2, indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity and a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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