Vulnerability CVE-2013-3571
Published: 2014-05-08   Modified: 2014-05-09

Description:
socat 1.2.0.0 before 1.7.2.2 and 2.0.0-b1 before 2.0.0-b6, when used for a listen type address and the fork option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via multiple request that are refused based on the (1) sourceport, (2) lowport, (3) range, or (4) tcpwrap restrictions.

Type:

CWE-noinfo

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.6/10
2.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Dest-unreach -> Socat 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/26/1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:169
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv4.html
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