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<glsa id="201612-23">
  <title>socat: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in socat, the worst of
    which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">socat</product>
  <announced>2016-12-08</announced>
  <revised count="1">2016-12-08</revised>
  <bug>573602</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/socat" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.7.3.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.3.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>socat is a multipurpose bidirectional relay, similar to netcat.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in socat. Please review
      the references below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process, or obtain confidential information.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All socat users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/socat-1.7.3.1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2217">
      CVE-2016-2217
    </uri>
    <uri link="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv7.html">
      Socat security advisory 7
    </uri>
    <uri link="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv8.html">
      Socat security advisory 8
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-29T20:50:25Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-08T13:12:54Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>
