Immediate Action Required for Stunnel Vulnerability on Ubuntu 20.04 and 18.04 LTS
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: stunnel could allow unintended access to network services. Software Description: - stunnel4: Universal SSL tunnel for network daemons Details: It was discovered that stunnel did not properly validate client certificates when configured to use both the redirect and verifyChain options. A remote attacker could potentially use this issue to obtain sensitive information by accessing the tunneled service.
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS stunnel4 3:5.56-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS stunnel4 3:5.44-1ubuntu3+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6901-1
CVE-2021-20230
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/stunnel4/3:5.56-1ubuntu0.2