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<h1>Security update for socat</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2024:4295-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2024-12-11T14:41:01Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225462">bsc#1225462</a>
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Cross-References:
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54661.html">CVE-2024-54661</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-54661</span>
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(
SUSE
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<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>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-54661</span>
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(
NVD
):
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<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>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
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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 in socat readline.sh (bsc#1225462)</li>
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<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:
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<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-4295=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2024-4295=1</code>
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<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2024-4295=1</code>
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<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>socat-extra-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1</li>
<li>socat-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1</li>
<li>socat-debugsource-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1</li>
<li>socat-debuginfo-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>socat-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1</li>
<li>socat-debugsource-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1</li>
<li>socat-debuginfo-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1</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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