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CVE-2013-3571

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2013-05-26 socat -- FD leak

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2013-3571
Phase Assigned(20130521)

Description

socat 1.2.0.0 before 1.7.2.2 and 2.0.0-b1 before 2.0.0-b6, when used for a listen type address and the fork option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via multiple request that are refused based on the (1) sourceport, (2) lowport, (3) range, or (4) tcpwrap restrictions.

References

Source Reference
MLIST [oss-security] 20130526 socat security advisory 4 - CVE-2013-3571
CONFIRM http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv4.html
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2013:169