Upstream information

CVE-2012-0219 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.2
Vector AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 759859 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • socat >= 1.7.0.0-1.16.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA socat-1.7.0.0-1.16.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • socat >= 1.7.0.0-1.16.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA socat-1.7.0.0-1.16.1


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 socat Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 socat Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS socat Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 socat Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS socat Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 socat Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS socat Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 socat Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 08:37:21 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:05:22 2023