Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : socat (MDVSA-2013:170)

low Nessus Plugin ID 66689

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in socat :

Under certain circumstances an FD leak occurs and can be misused for denial of service attacks against socat running in server mode (CVE-2013-3571).

The updated packages have been upgraded to the latest version (1.7.2.2) which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected socat package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 66689

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-170.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 5/30/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:socat, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-3571

BID: 60170

MDVSA: 2013:170

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