Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52311
Category:	FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:	FreeBSD Ports: socat
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The following package is affected: socat The installed version of socat has a format string vulnerability in the _msg function when used as an HTTP proxy client and run with the -ly option. An attacker can execute arbitrary code via format string attack to syslog messages. Solution: Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1484 BugTraq ID: 11505 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11505 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-26.xml http://www.nosystem.com.ar/advisories/advisory-07.txt http://secunia.com/advisories/12936/ XForce ISS Database: socat-format-string(17822) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17822
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