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    <h1>Security update for socat</h1>

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            <th>Announcement ID:</th>
            <td>SUSE-SU-2024:4294-1</td>
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            <th>Release Date:</th>
            <td>2024-12-11T13:06:43Z</td>
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            <th>Rating:</th>
            <td>moderate</td>
        </tr>
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            <th>References:</th>
            <td>
                <ul>
                    
                        <li style="display: inline;">
                            <a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225462">bsc#1225462</a>
                        </li>
                    
                    
                </ul>
            </td>
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                <th>
                    Cross-References:
                </th>
                <td>
                    <ul>
                    
                        <li style="display: inline;">
                            <a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54661.html">CVE-2024-54661</a>
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                </td>
            </tr>
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                <th>CVSS scores:</th>
                <td>
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                            <li class="list-group-item">
                                <span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-54661</span>
                                <span class="cvss-source">
                                    (
                                    
                                        SUSE
                                    
                                    ):
                                </span>
                                <span class="cvss-score">5.0</span>
                                <span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
                            </li>
                        
                            <li class="list-group-item">
                                <span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-54661</span>
                                <span class="cvss-source">
                                    (
                                    
                                        NVD
                                    
                                    ):
                                </span>
                                <span class="cvss-score">9.8</span>
                                <span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
                            </li>
                        
                    </ul>
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            <th>Affected Products:</th>
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                        <li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5</li>
                    
                        <li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security</li>
                    
                        <li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5</li>
                    
                </ul>
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    <p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>

    


    
        <h2>Description:</h2>
    
    <p>This update for socat fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2024-54661: Fixed arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (bsc#1225462)</li>
</ul>



    

    <h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
    <p>
        To install this SUSE  update use the SUSE recommended
        installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>

        Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
    </p>
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
                
                    
                        <br/>
                        <code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2024-4294=1</code>
                    
                    
                
            </li>
        
    </ul>

    <h2>Package List:</h2>
    <ul>
        
            
                <li>
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
                    <ul>
                        
                            <li>socat-debugsource-1.7.2.4-4.3.1</li>
                        
                            <li>socat-1.7.2.4-4.3.1</li>
                        
                            <li>socat-debuginfo-1.7.2.4-4.3.1</li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </li>
            
        
    </ul>

    
        <h2>References:</h2>
        <ul>
            
                
                    <li>
                        <a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54661.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54661.html</a>
                    </li>
                
            
                
                    <li>
                        <a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225462">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225462</a>
                    </li>
                
            
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