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socat — security advisory
Stack-based buffer overflow in the nestlex function in nestlex.c in Socat 1.5.0.0 through 1.7.1.2 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b3, when bidirectional data relay is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via long command-line arguments.
- Products
- socat
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.7.1.3-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2010-2799
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Stack-based buffer overflow in the nestlex function in nestlex.c in Socat 1.5.0.0 through 1.7.1.2 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b3, when bidirectional data relay is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via long command-line arguments.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2799
socat
Fixed versions: 1.7.1.3-1
socat
Fixed versions: 1.7.1.3-1
socat
Fixed versions: 1.7.1.3-1
Complete source record
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