Stunnel 5.00 through 5.13, when using the redirect option, does not redirect client connections to the expected server after the initial connection, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-3644 is rated Low Risk (34.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 0.56% | 0.16% | -0.41% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.16% | 0.56% | +0.41% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.16% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2015-3644 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (stunnel4), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3644 |
redhat
|
high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3644 |
suse
|
medium | CVE-2015-3644 severity moderate: SUSE including 9 source package names (stunnel, stunnel-5.00-3.1, …), 19 product×package rows across 17 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5, … (17 product lines)): Fixed 16, Known Not Affected 3. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3644/ |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2015-3644 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (stunnel4), 12 status rows across 12 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 8, ignored 2, released 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3644 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.00 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.01 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.02 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.03 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.04 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.05 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.06 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.07 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.08 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.09 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.10 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.11 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.12 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| stunnel | stunnel | 5.13 | cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |