MGASA-2015-0144

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    MGASA-2015-0144

    Published: 15 Apr 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1379

    Summary: Updated socat packages fix CVE-2015-1379

    Details: Updated socat package fixes security vulnerability: In socat before 2.0.0-b8, signal handler implementations are not async-signal-safe and can cause crash or freeze of socat processes. Mostly this issue occurs when socat is in listening mode with fork option and a couple of child processes terminate at the same time (CVE-2015-1379).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0144.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15131, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/06/4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: socat

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/socat?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0-0.b8.1.mga4

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High