PT-2014-3435 · Socat+2 · Socat+2

Published 2014-02-04 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2014-0019

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions socat versions 1.3.0.0 through 1.7.2.2 socat versions 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b6

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a segmentation fault, by providing a long server name in the PROXY-CONNECT address via the command line.

Recommendations For socat versions 1.3.0.0 through 1.7.2.2, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For socat versions 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b6, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the length of server names in the PROXY-CONNECT address to prevent exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1552

CVE-2014-0019

MGASA-2014-0070

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10371-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0343-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Socat

References · 32

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0019 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0019 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0019 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0019 · Vendor Advisory
• http://dest-unreach.org/socat · Patch
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/159 · Patch
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0070.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10371-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0019 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-1552 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128190.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:0343-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0070 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0019 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0019 · Vendor Advisory