PT-2017-6484 · Socat+2 · Socat+2

Gerhard Rieger + 1 · Published 2015-02-03 · Updated 2025-02-26 · CVE-2015-1379

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions socat versions prior to 1.7.3.0 socat versions prior to 2.0.0-b8

Description The issue affects the signal handler implementations, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service, which can result in the process freezing or crashing.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.7.3.0, update to version 1.7.3.0 or later. For versions prior to 2.0.0-b8, update to version 2.0.0-b8 or later.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1133

CVE-2015-1379

MGASA-2015-0144

SUSE-SU-2025:0726-1

SUSE-SU-2025_0726-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Socat

References · 27

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0144.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:0726-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185711 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2015-1133 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/19 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1379 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1379 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/06/4 · Patch
• http://dest-unreach.org/socat · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1379 · Security Note