Vulnerability CVE-2010-2799
Published: 2010-09-14   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the nestlex function in nestlex.c in Socat 1.5.0.0 through 1.7.1.2 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b3, when bidirectional data relay is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via long command-line arguments.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Dest-unreach -> Socat 

 References:
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-1.7.1.3.patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620426
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv2.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2090
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330785
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591443
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