Security update for socat

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0343-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for socat fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2013-3571: Fix a file descriptor leak that could have been misused for a denial of service attack against socat running in server mode (bsc#821985)
  • CVE-2014-0019: PROXY-CONNECT address was vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow (bsc#860991)
  • Fix a stack overflow in the parser that could have been leveraged to execute arbitrary code (bsc#964844)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sledsp4-socat-12384=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-socat-12384=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-socat-12384=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • socat-1.7.0.0-1.18.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • socat-1.7.0.0-1.18.2
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • socat-1.7.0.0-1.18.2

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