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| <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
| <glsa id="201208-01"> |
| <title>socat: Arbitrary code execution</title> |
| <synopsis>A buffer overflow in socat might allow remote attackers to execute |
| arbitrary code. |
| </synopsis> |
| <product type="ebuild">socat</product> |
| <announced>August 14, 2012</announced> |
| <revised>August 14, 2012: 1</revised> |
| <bug>415977</bug> |
| <access>local, remote</access> |
| <affected> |
| <package name="net-misc/socat" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
| <unaffected range="ge">1.7.2.1</unaffected> |
| <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.2.1</vulnerable> |
| </package> |
| </affected> |
| <background> |
| <p>socat is a multipurpose bidirectional relay, similar to netcat.</p> |
| </background> |
| <description> |
| <p>A vulnerability in the "xioscan_readline()" function in xio-readline.c |
| could cause a heap-based buffer overflow. |
| </p> |
| </description> |
| <impact type="high"> |
| <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the |
| privileges of the socat process. |
| </p> |
| </impact> |
| <workaround> |
| <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> |
| </workaround> |
| <resolution> |
| <p>All socat users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> |
| |
| <code> |
| # emerge --sync |
| # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/socat-1.7.2.1" |
| </code> |
| </resolution> |
| <references> |
| <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0219">CVE-2012-0219</uri> |
| <uri link="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv3.html"> |
| Socat security advisory 3 |
| </uri> |
| </references> |
| <metadata timestamp="Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:57:34 +0000" tag="requester">ackle</metadata> |
| <metadata timestamp="Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:30:08 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata> |
| </glsa> |