CVE-2015-1379
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).
02 Description
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).
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-06-08 21:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 500d5cdc02dd49cef0c5c10b29abb0416c7926b6af4cc5a0cd6a8815cd073797
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.dest-unreach.orghttp://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150406 Socat security advisory 6 - Possible DoS with fork (update: CVE-Id: CVE-2015-1379; fix for version 2)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/06/4
- www.securityfocus.com72321http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72321
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150127 Re: Socat security advisory 6 - Possible DoS with forkhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/19
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185711
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- socat Fixed in 1.7.2.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- socat Fixed in 1.7.2.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- socat Fixed in 1.7.2.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- socat Fixed in 1.7.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.