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title: "CVE-2013-3571\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-3571

Publication date 8 May 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

socat 1.2.0.0 before 1.7.2.2 and 2.0.0-b1 before 2.0.0-b6, when used for a
listen type address and the fork option is enabled, allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via multiple
request that are refused based on the (1) sourceport, (2) lowport, (3)
range, or (4) tcpwrap restrictions.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| 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 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-3571?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| socat | * Upstream:   <http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-1.7.2.2.patch.gz> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3571)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3571)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-3571)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3571)

### Other references

* <http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv4.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3571>