#767108 default /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf hardcodes sslVersion = SSLv3

Package:
stunnel4
Source:
stunnel4
Description:
Universal SSL tunnnel for network daemons - compatibility package
Submitter:
Sven Hartge
Date:
2025-08-19 14:47:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#767108#5
Date:
2014-10-28 13:52:50 UTC
From:
To:
Hi!

I just noticed the default /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf from stunnel4 in Debian Squeeze
hardcodes the protocol version to be used to SSLv3:
-------------
; Protocol version (all, SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1)
sslVersion = SSLv3
-------------

This of course may cause problems after the discovery of the POODLE attack vector, the
subsequent mass-disabling of SSLv3 in server and if the admin does not change this value
in the config file.

It may be a good idea to release a squeeze-lts version of the stunnel4 package which removes
that line frome the default config file and alerts server admins to check if their existing
configuration has this option as well.

The package in Wheezy and higher are not problematic, since they now longer ship a default
/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf and the included example config file does not hardcode a sslVersion.

This bug also may serve to document the fact that the package from squeeze has a flaw and
how to mitigate that problem.

Grüße,
Sven.