CVE-2012-0219
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.2
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.7.1.3-1.3 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.7.1.3-1.3 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.7.1.3-1.3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.7.1.3-1.3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.7.1.3-1.3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081619.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081882.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49105
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49746
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-01.xml
- http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv3.html
- http://www.lwn.net/Articles/504742/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:169
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/14/2
- http://www.osvdb.org/81969
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53510
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027064
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0219
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.