Executive Summary

Summary
Title socat: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201612-23 First vendor Publication 2016-12-08
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2016-12-08
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in socat, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

socat is a multipurpose bidirectional relay, similar to netcat.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in socat. Please review the references below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or obtain confidential information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All socat users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/socat-1.7.3.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-2217
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2217
[ 2 ] Socat security advisory 7
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv7.html
[ 3 ] Socat security advisory 8
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv8.html

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-23

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201612-23.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-320 Key Management Errors

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-12-08 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-23.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2017-07-01 09:25:34
  • Multiple Updates
2016-12-09 13:25:25
  • Multiple Updates
2016-12-08 17:23:31
  • First insertion