Security update for socat
SUSE Security Update: Security update for socat
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
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* CVE-2010-2799
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http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2799.html
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0219.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/627475
https://bugzilla.novell.com/759859
http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=1247a92da8b58834174608c8159b5c1a
http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=26d6956b5e38b37b8fb00575dde970ba
Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2012:0808-1 |
Rating: | low |
References: | #627475 #759859 |
Affected Products: |
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
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
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-socat-6407
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-socat-6407
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-socat-6407
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-socat-6407
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-socat-6407
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- socat-1.7.0.0-1.16.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- socat-1.7.0.0-1.16.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- socat-1.7.0.0-1.16.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
- socat-1.7.0.0-1.10.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- socat-1.7.0.0-1.16.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
- socat-1.7.0.0-1.16.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
- socat-1.7.0.0-1.10.1