Dest-unreach socat up to 2.0.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Dest-unreach socat. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-0019. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Dest-unreach socat and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in socat 1.3.0.0 through 1.7.2.2 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long server name in the PROXY-CONNECT address in the command line.

The weakness was presented 02/04/2014 by Florian Weimer with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is available at dest-unreach.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-0019 since 12/03/2013. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72948 (Amazon Linux AMI : socat (ALAS-2014-300)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350776 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for socat: AL2012-2015-055).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (72948), SecurityFocus (BID 65201†), OSVDB (102612†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43247†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 72948
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : socat (ALAS-2014-300)
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OpenVAS ID: 867503
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for socat FEDORA-2014-1795
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01/28/2014 +56 days 🔍
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02/13/2014 +9 days 🔍
03/12/2014 +27 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +377 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: dest-unreach.org
Researcher: Florian Weimer
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-0019 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0019
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66298
SecurityFocus: 65201 - socat PROXY-CONNECT Address Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 102612
Vulnerability Center: 43247 - Dest Unreach Socat Local Denial of Service via a Maliciously Crafted PROXY-CONNECT Address, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 12/22/2024 09:42
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (63), 05/20/2017 10:39 (6), 02/01/2022 09:01 (3), 12/22/2024 09:42 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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