{"id":"ALSA-2025:11042","summary":"Moderate: socat security update","details":"The socat utility establishes bi-directional byte streams and transfers data between them. The utility can establish streams between a large set of channels, such as files, pipes, devices, and sockets.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)\n\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n","modified":"2026-02-04T02:57:35.465837Z","published":"2025-07-15T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2024-54661"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11042"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54661"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2330297"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-11042.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"socat","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/socat"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.4.1-2.el8_10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:11042.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}