CVE-2012-0219

Publication date 21 June 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
socat	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life
	13.04 raring	Ignored end of life
	12.10 quantal	Ignored end of life
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored end of life
	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

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Notes

sbeattie

per debian bug report, readline support is disabled (done in 1.7.1.3-1.3) avoiding the issue

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv3.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0219