CVE-2004-1484

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-1484
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in the _msg function in error.c in socat 1.4.0.3 and earlier, when used as an HTTP proxy client and run with the -ly option, allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a syslog message.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Socat Socat 1.0.3.0 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.0.4.0 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.0.4.1 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.0.4.2 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.1.0.0 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.1.0.1 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.2.0.0 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.3.0.0 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.3.0.1 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.3.1.0 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.3.2.0 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.3.2.1 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.3.2.2 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.4.0.0 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.4.0.1 All All All
Application Socat Socat 1.4.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- socat: Format string vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Socat Remote Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
socat Security Advisory 1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dest-unreach.org Vendor Advisory
www.nosystem.com.ar/advisories/advisory-07.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nosystem.com.ar Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - socat "_msg()" Logging Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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