[stunnel-users] Nessus crashes stunnel

Wed Jan 16 16:21:17 CET 2008

"Joe Kemp" <jkemp at capwin.org> wrote:
> I am running some tests against my stunnel configuration with Nessus.  I
> am able to get stunnel to exit silently when I run Nessus with the
> Nessus TCP Scan and Weak Supported SSL Cipher Suites test.  I have
> played with a few different options but the process consistently ends
> when these tests are run together.  Here is the config:
>
> Linux testssl.capwin.net 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 #1 SMP Fri Nov 30 00:45:16
> EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> gcc version 4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-14)
> stunnel 4.20 on i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006
> Threading:PTHREAD SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv4 Auth:LIBWRAP
> OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006

Try upgrading your OpenSSL first.  It's very old and buggy.

If it doesn't help -- send us your stack backtrace:
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Development/Howto/Software_Crash

Best regards,
    Mike