First published: Thu Jun 21 2012(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@debian.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
socat | =1.4.0.0 | |
socat | =1.4.0.1 | |
socat | =1.4.0.2 | |
socat | =1.4.0.3 | |
socat | =1.4.1.0 | |
socat | =1.4.2.0 | |
socat | =1.4.3.1 | |
socat | =1.5.0.0 | |
socat | =1.6.0.0 | |
socat | =1.6.0.1 | |
socat | =1.7.0.0 | |
socat | =1.7.0.1 | |
socat | =1.7.1.0 | |
socat | =1.7.1.1 | |
socat | =1.7.1.2 | |
socat | =1.7.1.3 | |
socat | =1.7.2.0 | |
socat | =2.0.0-b1 | |
socat | =2.0.0-b2 | |
socat | =2.0.0-b3 | |
socat | =2.0.0-b4 |
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
CVE-2012-0219 has a critical severity rating due to its potential to allow local users to execute arbitrary code.
To fix CVE-2012-0219, upgrade to a patched version of socat that is not vulnerable to the heap-based buffer overflow.
CVE-2012-0219 affects socat versions from 1.4.0.0 to 1.7.2.0 and all 2.0.0-beta versions.
CVE-2012-0219 can be exploited by local users who have access to the vulnerable version of socat.
The vulnerability in CVE-2012-0219 resides in the xioscan_readline function of xio-readline.c.