CVE-2015-1379 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The signal handler implementations in socat before 1.7.3.0 and 2.0.0-b8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process freeze or crash).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0103.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Dest-unreach	Socat

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-1516	The signal handler implementations in socat before 1.7.3.0 and 2.0.0-b8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process freeze or crash).

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/19
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/06/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72321
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185711
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1379
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1379

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-06-08T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:40:18.602Z

Reserved: 2015-01-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-1379

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-06-08T21:29:00.190

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2015-1379

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-01-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-1379 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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