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CVE-2024-54661 (GCVE-0-2024-54661)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-04 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-09 16:30
VLAI
Summary
readline.sh in socat before1.8.0.2 relies on the /tmp/$USER/stderr2 file.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-04 14:54 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
dest-unreach socat Affected: 1.6.0.0 , < 1.8.0.2 (custom)
Affected: 2.0.0-b1 , ≤ 2.0.0-b9 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:dest-unreach:socat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:dest-unreach:socat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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dest-unreach socat Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.8.0.1 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:dest-unreach:socat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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