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alsa-2025:11042

Vulnerability from osv_almalinux

Published

2025-07-15 00:00

Modified

2025-07-16 08:00

Summary

Moderate: socat security update

Details

The socat utility establishes bi-directional byte streams and transfers data between them. The utility can establish streams between a large set of channels, such as files, pipes, devices, and sockets.

Security Fix(es):

socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "AlmaLinux:8",
        "name": "socat"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.7.4.1-2.el8_10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "The socat utility establishes bi-directional byte streams and transfers data between them. The utility can establish streams between a large set of channels, such as files, pipes, devices, and sockets.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)\n\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n",
  "id": "ALSA-2025:11042",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T08:00:21Z",
  "published": "2025-07-15T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11042"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54661"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2330297"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-11042.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "CVE-2024-54661"
  ],
  "summary": "Moderate: socat security update"
}

CVE-2024-54661 (GCVE-0-2024-54661)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-04 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-09 16:30

Summary

readline.sh in socat before1.8.0.2 relies on the /tmp/$USER/stderr2 file.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://repo.or.cz/socat.git/blob/6ff391324d2d3b9…
	http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-s…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	dest-unreach	socat	Affected: 1.6.0.0 , < 1.8.0.2 (custom) Affected: 2.0.0-b1 , ≤ 2.0.0-b9 (custom)

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            "vendor": "dest-unreach",
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              "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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              "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
              "scope": "UNCHANGED",
              "userInteraction": "NONE",
              "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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