{"id":"RLSA-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\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.","modified":"2025-07-29T14:33:22.005519Z","published":"2025-07-29T13:38:41.630147Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-54661"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:11042"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330297"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"socat","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/socat?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:1.7.4.1-2.el8_10"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"AppStream"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2025:11042.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}