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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201208-01.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!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 "&gt;=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>