Vulnerability CVE-2004-1484
Published: 2004-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Format 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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Socat -> Socat 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17822
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11505
http://www.nosystem.com.ar/advisories/advisory-07.txt
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-26.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/12936/
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/advisory/socat-adv-1.html
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