Mageia alert MGASA-2012-0138 (socat)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2012-0138: socat-1.7.1.3-2.1.mga1
 (1/core), socat-1.7.2.1-1.mga2 (2/core) 
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Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:21:01 +0200
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MGASA-2012-0138
Date: 	July 9th, 2012
Affected releases: 	1, 2


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).

Also, on Mageia 1, invalid output and a possible process crash when
socat prints info about an unnamed unix domain socket has been fixed.


Updated Packages:
Mageia 1:
socat-1.7.1.3-2.1.mga1

Mageia 2:
socat-1.7.2.1-1.mga2


References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0219
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv3.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg000...
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668319
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5986
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-...