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openSUSE 15.6: SUSE-SU-2024:4295-1 moderate: socat file overwrite

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Calendar Grey December 11, 2024
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A critical security advisory alerts users of socat file overwrite vulnerabilities in openSUSE, urging immediate patch applications for system safety and integrity
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for socat fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2024-54661: Fixed arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp

directory in socat readline.sh (bsc#1225462)

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-4295=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2024-4295=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2024-4295=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* socat-extra-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1

* socat-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1

* socat-debugsource-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1

* socat-debuginfo-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* socat-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1

* socat-debugsource-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1

* socat-debuginfo-1.8.0.0-150600.20.6.1

References

* bsc#1225462

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54661.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225462

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4295-1
Release Date: 2024-12-11T14:41:01Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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