CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-1484

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2004-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

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 configurations

• socat socat 1.0.3.0 • socat socat 1.0.4.0 • socat socat 1.0.4.1 • socat socat 1.0.4.2 • socat socat 1.1.0.0 • socat socat 1.1.0.1 • socat socat 1.2.0.0 • socat socat 1.3.0.0 • socat socat 1.3.0.1 • socat socat 1.3.1.0 • socat socat 1.3.2.0 • socat socat 1.3.2.1 • socat socat 1.3.2.2 • socat socat 1.4.0.0 • socat socat 1.4.0.1 • socat socat 1.4.0.2

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