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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-127

Posted on 12 April 2013
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2013:127
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : socat
Date : April 10, 2013
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:

Updated socat package fixes security vulnerability:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xioscan_readline function in
xio-readline.c in socat 1.4.0.0 through 1.7.2.0 and 2.0.0-b1 through
2.0.0-b4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the READLINE
address (CVE-2012-0219).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0219
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0138
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
5a8dd5f518aca22b6e299658accf3778 mbs1/x86_64/socat-1.7.2.1-1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
8b0a1768c621c6195e21d17d37bac4d1 mbs1/SRPMS/socat-1.7.2.1-1.mbs1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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