FKIE_CVE-2012-0219

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-06-21 15:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:36
Severity
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xioscan_readline function in xio-readline.c in socat 1.4.0.0 through 1.7.2.0 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the READLINE address.
References
security@debian.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081619.html
security@debian.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081882.html
security@debian.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/49105Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/49746
security@debian.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-01.xml
security@debian.orghttp://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv3.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.lwn.net/Articles/504742/
security@debian.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:169
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/14/2
security@debian.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/81969
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53510
security@debian.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027064
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081619.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081882.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49105Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49746
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-01.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv3.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.lwn.net/Articles/504742/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:169
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/14/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/81969
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53510
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027064
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dest-unreach socat 1.4.0.0
dest-unreach socat 1.4.0.1
dest-unreach socat 1.4.0.2
dest-unreach socat 1.4.0.3
dest-unreach socat 1.4.1.0
dest-unreach socat 1.4.2.0
dest-unreach socat 1.4.3.1
dest-unreach socat 1.5.0.0
dest-unreach socat 1.6.0.0
dest-unreach socat 1.6.0.1
dest-unreach socat 1.7.0.0
dest-unreach socat 1.7.0.1
dest-unreach socat 1.7.1.0
dest-unreach socat 1.7.1.1
dest-unreach socat 1.7.1.2
dest-unreach socat 1.7.1.3
dest-unreach socat 1.7.2.0
dest-unreach socat 2.0.0
dest-unreach socat 2.0.0
dest-unreach socat 2.0.0
dest-unreach socat 2.0.0
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