PT-2004-2394 · Socat · Socat

Coki · Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1484

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions socat versions 1.4.0.3 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the msg function in error.c. This vulnerability can be exploited when socat is used as an HTTP proxy client and run with the -ly option, allowing remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a syslog message.

Recommendations For socat versions 1.4.0.3 and earlier, consider updating to a version that contains a fix for this issue, as using an outdated version poses a significant risk. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1484

Affected Products

Socat

References · 11

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/591 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://nosystem.com.ar/advisories/advisory-07.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/11505 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1484 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1484 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1484 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1484 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12936 · Vendor Advisory
• http://dest-unreach.org/socat/advisory/socat-adv-1.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-26.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17822 · Note