CVE-2012-0219

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0219
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-21 15:55:11 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.4.0.0 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.4.0.1 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.4.0.2 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.4.0.3 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.4.1.0 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.4.2.0 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.4.3.1 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.5.0.0 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.6.0.0 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.6.0.1 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.7.0.0 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.7.0.1 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.7.1.0 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.7.1.1 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.7.1.2 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.7.1.3 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 1.7.2.0 All All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 2.0.0 b1 All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 2.0.0 b2 All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 2.0.0 b3 All All
Application Dest-unreach Socat 2.0.0 b4 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Socat security advisory 3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dest-unreach.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/81969 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- socat: Arbitrary code execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
socat Buffer Overflow in xioscan_readline() Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
oss-security - socat security advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2012:0809-1 (socat) [LWN.net] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.lwn.net
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: socat-1.7.2.1-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: socat-1.7.2.1-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:169 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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