Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120132
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2012-87)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'socat' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-87 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'socat' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-87 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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. Affected Software/OS: 'socat' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-0219 BugTraq ID: 53510 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53510 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081619.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081882.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-01.xml 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.securitytracker.com/id?1027064 http://secunia.com/advisories/49105 http://secunia.com/advisories/49746 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0809 (Google Search) http://www.lwn.net/Articles/504742/
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