6.2 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.4 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081619.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081882.html
secunia.com/advisories/49105
secunia.com/advisories/49746
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-01.xml
www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv3.html
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www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/14/2
www.osvdb.org/81969
www.securityfocus.com/bid/53510
www.securitytracker.com/id?1027064