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Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2014-300
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
1.9
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Insight
Insight
Stack-based buffer overflow in socat 1.3.0.0 through 1.7.2.2 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long server name in the PROXY-CONNECT address in the command line.
Solution
Solution
Run yum update socat to update your system.