Vulnerability CVE-2012-0219
Published: 2012-06-21

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-119

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.2/10
10/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Dest-unreach -> Socat 

 References:
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv3.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027064
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53510
http://www.osvdb.org/81969
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/14/2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:169
http://www.lwn.net/Articles/504742/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-01.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/49746
http://secunia.com/advisories/49105
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081882.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081619.html
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