{"id":"MGASA-2015-0144","summary":"Updated socat packages fix CVE-2015-1379","details":"Updated socat package fixes security vulnerability:\n\nIn socat before 2.0.0-b8, signal handler implementations are not\nasync-signal-safe and can cause crash or freeze of socat processes. Mostly\nthis issue occurs when socat is in listening mode with fork option and a\ncouple of child processes terminate at the same time (CVE-2015-1379).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:57.457981580Z","published":"2015-04-15T09:01:28Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-1379"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0144.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15131"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/06/4"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"socat","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/socat?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.0-0.b8.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0144.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}