Input validation error in socat - CVE-2013-3571
Published: May 8, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41710
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3571
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: www.dest-unreach.org
Affected software:
socat
socat
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-3571
Install update from vendor's website.