openSUSE Security Update : socat (openSUSE-SU-2012:0809-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74659

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of socat fixes a buffer overflow in READLINE output mode.

Solution

Update the affected socat packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759859

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00001.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74659

File Name: openSUSE-2012-348.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:socat, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:socat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:socat-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0219