Bug 1021972

Summary: socat: sockaddr_info(AF_UNIX) string NUL termination issue
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Florian Weimer <fweimer>
Component: socatAssignee: Paul Wouters <pwouters>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team <qe-baseos-security>
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Version: 7.0CC: gerhard, jaster, omoris
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Last Closed: 2018-11-13 10:59:12 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Florian Weimer 2013-10-22 12:35:03 UTC
The AF_UNIX case in sysutils.c:sockaddr_info() does not ensure NUL termination, it overrides the terminating NUL and there is no guarantee that another one is to follow.  Callers assume a NUL-terminated string.

Comment 2 Gerhard 2014-03-10 21:10:00 UTC
Has been fixed in upstream release 1.7.2.4

Comment 5 Paul Wouters 2018-11-13 10:59:12 UTC
This bug is addressed by ERRATA RHBA-2017:2049-03 socat bug fix update

https://errata.devel.redhat.com/advisory/26967