CVE-2024-54661

Publication date 4 December 2024

Last updated 6 July 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

readline.sh in socat before1.8.0.2 relies on the /tmp/$USER/stderr2 file.

Only affects an example sample script

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
socat	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 1.8.0.0-4ubuntu0.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

This only affects a sample script installed in /usr/share/doc/socat/examples/readline.sh

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Package	Patch details
socat	Upstream: 4ee1f31

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

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