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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2012.0808.1
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2012:0808-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'socat' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2012:0808-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'socat' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2012:0808-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This update fixes two small security issues in socat:

* Fixed a stack overflow in commandline parsing
(bnc#627475 / CVE-2010-2799) Only exploitable if an attacker can control the commandline parameters.
* Fixed heap overflow in READLINE output mode
(bnc#759859 / CVE-2012-0219)

Security Issue references:

* CVE-2012-0219
>
* CVE-2010-2799
>

Affected Software/OS:
'socat' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-2799
DSA-2090
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2090
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591443
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330785
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv2.html
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-1.7.1.3.patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620426
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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