CVE-2004-1484

EPSS 7.3%

Format string vulnerability in the _msg function in error.c in socat 1.4.0.3 and earlier, when used as an HTTP proxy client and run with the -ly option, allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a syslog message.

Affected products

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public PoCs found — 1

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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/12936/https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17822 http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/advisory/socat-adv-1.html http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-26.xml http://www.nosystem.com.ar/advisories/advisory-07.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11505