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Fedora 41: socat Critical Remote Access Issue Advisories 2025-4f0d6d3522

Update to 1.8.0.3 (rhbz#2307725) Resolves: CVE-2024-54661 (rhbz#2330520) Resolves: non-working ipv6-join-group option (rhbz#2352860) Resolves: FTBFS in Fedora (rhbz#2385633). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2025-4f0d6d3522 2025-08-22 02:11:10.530841+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : socat Product : Fedora 41 Version : 1.8.0.3 Release : 1.fc41 URL : http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/ Summary : Bidirectional data relay between two data channels ('netcat++') Description : Socat is a relay for bidirectional data transfer between two independent data channels. Each of these data channels may be a file, pipe, device (serial line etc. or a pseudo terminal), a socket (UNIX, IP4, IP6 - raw, UDP, TCP), an SSL socket, proxy CONNECT connection, a file descriptor (stdin etc.), the GNU line editor (readline), a program, or a combination of two of these. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update to 1.8.0.3 (rhbz#2307725) Resolves: CVE-2024-54661 (rhbz#2330520) Resolves: non-working ipv6-join-group option (rhbz#2352860) Resolves: FTBFS in Fedora (rhbz#2385633) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Wed Aug 6 2025 Martin Osvald - 1.8.0.3-1 - Update to 1.8.0.3 (rhbz#2307725) - Resolves: CVE-2024-54661 (rhbz#2330520) - Resolves: non-working ipv6-join-group option (rhbz#2352860) - Resolves: FTBFS in Fedora (rhbz#2385633) * Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.8.0.0-6 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild * Sun Jan 19 2025 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.8.0.0-5 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2307725 -socat-1.8.0.3 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2307725 [ 2 ] Bug #2330520 - CVE-2024-54661 socat: From CVEorg collector [fedora-41] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330520 [ 3 ] Bug #2352860 - socat 1.8.0.0 Fedora 41/42 ipv6-join-group does nothing https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2352860 [ 4 ] Bug #2385633 - socat: FTBFS in Fedora rawhide/f43 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2385633 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-4f0d6d3522' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue . A new socat update rectifies a significant remote access vulnerability in Fedora 41, tackling major concerns and boosting overall security measures.. Fedora 41 socat security update, socat CVE-2024-54661, Fedora advisory, socat data relay issue. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 22, 2025 •Critical Fedora