Bug 1021972 - socat: sockaddr_info(AF_UNIX) string NUL termination issue
Summary: socat: sockaddr_info(AF_UNIX) string NUL termination issue
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: socat
Version: 7.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Paul Wouters
QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team
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Blocks: 1019961 1085024
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Reported: 2013-10-22 12:35 UTC by Florian Weimer
Modified: 2018-11-13 10:59 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: 1.7.3.1-1
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Last Closed: 2018-11-13 10:59:12 UTC
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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
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