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SUSE 12 SP5: 2025:0726-1 moderate: socat buffer overflow

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Calendar Grey February 26, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
This notification outlines the security enhancement for socat in SUSE SE 12 SP5 addressing a medium-severity vulnerability recognized for inducing system failures.
* bsc#922903 Cross-References: * CVE-2015-1379

Summary

## This update for socat fixes the following issues: * CVE-2015-1379: lack of async-signal-safe signal handlers can lead to crashes or freezing of socat processes (bsc#922903). ## 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: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-726=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64) * socat-debuginfo-1.7.2.4-4.6.1 * socat-debugsource-1.7.2.4-4.6.1 * socat-1.7.2.4-4.6.1

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security advisory moderate security update buffer overflow installation instructions suse moderate issue buffer issue socat

References

* bsc#922903

Cross-

* CVE-2015-1379

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2015-1379 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1379.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=922903

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0726-1
Release Date: 2025-02-26T13:37:01Z
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate security update buffer overflow installation instructions suse moderate issue buffer issue socat

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