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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201612-23
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: socat: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: December 08, 2016
     Bugs: #573602
       ID: 201612-23

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in socat, the worst of which
may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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socat is a multipurpose bidirectional relay, similar to netcat.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-misc/socat              < 1.7.3.1                 >= 1.7.3.1

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in socat. Please review
the references below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, or obtain confidential information.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All socat users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/socat-1.7.3.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-2217
      https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2217
[ 2 ] Socat security advisory 7
      http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv7.html
[ 3 ] Socat security advisory 8
      http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv8.html

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-23

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5