MGASA-2013-0159

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    MGASA-2013-0159

    Published: 6 Jun 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-3571

    Summary: Updated socat package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: Under certain circumstances an FD leak occurs and can be misused for denial of service attacks against socat running in server mode (CVE-2013-3571).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0159.html, http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv4.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: socat

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/socat?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.2.2-1.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High