readline.sh in socat before1.8.0.2 relies on the /tmp/$USER/stderr2 file.

The version of AHV installed on the remote host is prior to 20230302.103072. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AHV-20230302.103072 advisory.

  - There exists a vulnerability in SQLite versions before 3.50.2 where the number of aggregate terms could     exceed the number of columns available. This could lead to a memory corruption issue. We recommend     upgrading to version 3.50.2 or above. (CVE-2025-6965)

  - LZ4 before 1.9.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in LZ4_write32 (related to LZ4_compress_destSize),     affecting applications that call LZ4_compress_fast with a large input. (This issue can also lead to data     corruption.) NOTE: the vendor states only a few specific / uncommon usages of the API are at risk.
    (CVE-2019-17543)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxml2. This issue occurs when parsing XPath elements under     certain circumstances when the XML schematron has the <sch:name path=.../> schema elements. This flaw     allows a malicious actor to craft a malicious XML document used as input for libxml, resulting in the     program's crash using libxml or other possible undefined behaviors. (CVE-2025-49794)

  - A vulnerability was found in libxml2. Processing certain sch:name elements from the input XML file can     trigger a memory corruption issue. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input file that     can lead libxml to crash, resulting in a denial of service or other possible undefined behavior due to     sensitive data being corrupted in memory. (CVE-2025-49796)

  - A flaw was found in libxml2's xmlBuildQName function, where integer overflows in buffer size calculations     can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This issue can result in memory corruption or a denial of     service when processing crafted input. (CVE-2025-6021)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of AHV installed on the remote host is prior to AHV-10.3.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AHV-10.3.1 advisory.

  - There exists a vulnerability in SQLite versions before 3.50.2 where the number of aggregate terms could     exceed the number of columns available. This could lead to a memory corruption issue. We recommend     upgrading to version 3.50.2 or above. (CVE-2025-6965)

  - LZ4 before 1.9.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in LZ4_write32 (related to LZ4_compress_destSize),     affecting applications that call LZ4_compress_fast with a large input. (This issue can also lead to data     corruption.) NOTE: the vendor states only a few specific / uncommon usages of the API are at risk.
    (CVE-2019-17543)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxml2. This issue occurs when parsing XPath elements under     certain circumstances when the XML schematron has the <sch:name path=.../> schema elements. This flaw     allows a malicious actor to craft a malicious XML document used as input for libxml, resulting in the     program's crash using libxml or other possible undefined behaviors. (CVE-2025-49794)

  - A vulnerability was found in libxml2. Processing certain sch:name elements from the input XML file can     trigger a memory corruption issue. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input file that     can lead libxml to crash, resulting in a denial of service or other possible undefined behavior due to     sensitive data being corrupted in memory. (CVE-2025-49796)

  - A flaw was found in libxml2's xmlBuildQName function, where integer overflows in buffer size calculations     can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This issue can result in memory corruption or a denial of     service when processing crafted input. (CVE-2025-6021)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-986111 advisory.

    readline.sh in socat before1.8.0.2 relies on the /tmp/$USER/stderr2 file.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2025:10353 advisory.

    * socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of AHV installed on the remote host is prior to AHV-10.3.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AHV-10.3.0.2 advisory.

  - There exists a vulnerability in SQLite versions before 3.50.2 where the number of aggregate terms could     exceed the number of columns available. This could lead to a memory corruption issue. We recommend     upgrading to version 3.50.2 or above. (CVE-2025-6965)

  - LZ4 before 1.9.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in LZ4_write32 (related to LZ4_compress_destSize),     affecting applications that call LZ4_compress_fast with a large input. (This issue can also lead to data     corruption.) NOTE: the vendor states only a few specific / uncommon usages of the API are at risk.
    (CVE-2019-17543)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxml2. This issue occurs when parsing XPath elements under     certain circumstances when the XML schematron has the <sch:name path=.../> schema elements. This flaw     allows a malicious actor to craft a malicious XML document used as input for libxml, resulting in the     program's crash using libxml or other possible undefined behaviors. (CVE-2025-49794)

  - A vulnerability was found in libxml2. Processing certain sch:name elements from the input XML file can     trigger a memory corruption issue. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input file that     can lead libxml to crash, resulting in a denial of service or other possible undefined behavior due to     sensitive data being corrupted in memory. (CVE-2025-49796)

  - A flaw was found in libxml2's xmlBuildQName function, where integer overflows in buffer size calculations     can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This issue can result in memory corruption or a denial of     service when processing crafted input. (CVE-2025-6021)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-4f0d6d3522 advisory.

    - Update to 1.8.0.3 (rhbz#2307725)
    - Resolves: CVE-2024-54661 (rhbz#2330520)
    - Resolves: non-working ipv6-join-group option (rhbz#2352860)
    - Resolves: FTBFS in Fedora (rhbz#2385633)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-33885cfff8 advisory.

    - Update to 1.8.0.3 (rhbz#2307725)
    - Resolves: CVE-2024-54661 (rhbz#2330520)
    - Resolves: non-working ipv6-join-group option (rhbz#2352860)
    - Resolves: FTBFS in Fedora (rhbz#2385633)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-0d54679581 advisory.

    Automatic update for socat-1.8.0.3-1.fc43.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Wed Aug  6 2025 Martin Osvald <mosvald@redhat.com> - 1.8.0.3-1
    - Update to 1.8.0.3 (rhbz#2307725)
    - Resolves: CVE-2024-54661 (rhbz#2330520)
    - Resolves: non-working ipv6-join-group option (rhbz#2352860)
    - Resolves: FTBFS in Fedora (rhbz#2385633)
    * Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.0.0-6
    - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2025:11042 advisory.

    * socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2025:0112 advisory.

    Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2024-54661:
    readline.sh in socat before1.8.0.2 relies on the /tmp/$USER/stderr2 file.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:11042 advisory.

    * socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-11042 advisory.

    - add fix for CVE-2024-54661       Resolves: RHEL-70095

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:11042 advisory.

    The socat utility establishes bi-directional byte streams and transfers data between them. The utility can     establish streams between a large set of channels, such as files, pipes, devices, and sockets.

    Security Fix(es):

    * socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:10353 advisory.

    * socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10646 advisory.

    The socat utility establishes bi-directional byte streams and transfers data between them. The utility can     establish streams between a large set of channels, such as files, pipes, devices, and sockets.

    Security Fix(es):

    * socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10544 advisory.

    The socat utility establishes bi-directional byte streams and transfers data between them. The utility can     establish streams between a large set of channels, such as files, pipes, devices, and sockets.

    Security Fix(es):

    * socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-10353 advisory.

    - add fix for CVE-2024-54661       Resolves: RHEL-70096

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10353 advisory.

    The socat utility establishes bi-directional byte streams and transfers data between them. The utility can     establish streams between a large set of channels, such as files, pipes, devices, and sockets.

    Security Fix(es):

    * socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - readline.sh in socat before1.8.0.2 relies on the /tmp/$USER/stderr2 file. (CVE-2024-54661)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of socat installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-54661 advisory.

  - readline.sh in socat before1.8.0.2 relies on the /tmp/$USER/stderr2 file. (CVE-2024-54661)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of socat installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-54661 advisory.

  - readline.sh in socat before1.8.0.2 relies on the /tmp/$USER/stderr2 file. (CVE-2024-54661)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2024:4294-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-54661: Fixed arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (bsc#1225462)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:4302-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-54661: Fixed arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (bsc#1225462)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:4295-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-54661: Fixed arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory in socat readline.sh     (bsc#1225462)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
269976	Nutanix AHV : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AHV-20230302.103072)	Nessus	Misc.	high
269975	Nutanix AHV : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AHV-10.3.1)	Nessus	Misc.	high
268926	Unity Linux 20.1050a / 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: socat (UTSA-2025-986111)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	critical
266560	RockyLinux 9 : socat (RLSA-2025:10353)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	critical
261687	Nutanix AHV : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AHV-10.3.0.2)	Nessus	Misc.	high
254422	Fedora 41 : socat (2025-4f0d6d3522)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
254419	Fedora 42 : socat (2025-33885cfff8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
244062	Fedora 43 : socat (2025-0d54679581)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
243119	RockyLinux 8 : socat (RLSA-2025:11042)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	critical
242487	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0112: socat (ALINUX3-SA-2025:0112)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	critical
242182	AlmaLinux 8 : socat (ALSA-2025:11042)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	critical
242131	Oracle Linux 8 : socat (ELSA-2025-11042)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
242109	RHEL 8 : socat (RHSA-2025:11042)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
241630	AlmaLinux 9 : socat (ALSA-2025:10353)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	critical
241588	RHEL 9 : socat (RHSA-2025:10646)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
241499	RHEL 9 : socat (RHSA-2025:10544)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
241428	Oracle Linux 9 : socat (ELSA-2025-10353)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
241420	RHEL 9 : socat (RHSA-2025:10353)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
231927	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-54661	Nessus	Misc.	critical
215552	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: socat (CVE-2024-54661)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	critical
214243	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: socat (CVE-2024-54661)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	critical
213021	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : socat (SUSE-SU-2024:4294-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
212732	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : socat (SUSE-SU-2024:4302-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
212728	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : socat (SUSE-SU-2024:4295-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical

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