RLSA-2025:11042

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:11042
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2025:11042.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2025:11042
Upstream
Published
2025-07-29T13:38:41.630147Z
Modified
2025-07-29T14:33:22.005519Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: socat security update
Details

The socat utility establishes bi-directional byte streams and transfers data between them. The utility can establish streams between a large set of channels, such as files, pipes, devices, and sockets.

Security Fix(es):

  • socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / socat

Package

Name
socat
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/socat?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:1.7.4.1-2.el8_10