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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2010:183
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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 Package : socat
 Date    : September 15, 2010
 Affected: Enterprise Server 5.0
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 Problem Description:

 A vulnerability has been found and corrected in socat:
 
 Stack-based buffer overflow in the nestlex function in nestlex.c
 in Socat 1.5.0.0 through 1.7.1.2 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b3,
 when bidirectional data relay is enabled, allows context-dependent
 attackers to execute arbitrary code via long command-line arguments
 (CVE-2010-2799).
 
 The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2799
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 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Enterprise Server 5:
 986897a5455fe890db28a865d841c898  mes5/i586/socat-1.6.0.0-4.1mdvmes5.1.i586.rpm 
 b0eeb05a0aa40689073b90d2ad9c0c52  mes5/SRPMS/socat-1.6.0.0-4.1mdvmes5.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64:
 a945969d69509c99a7433c3077c245de  mes5/x86_64/socat-1.6.0.0-4.1mdvmes5.1.x86_64.rpm 
 b0eeb05a0aa40689073b90d2ad9c0c52  mes5/SRPMS/socat-1.6.0.0-4.1mdvmes5.1.src.rpm
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 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
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