Vulnerability in Dest Unreach (CVE-2015-1379)
Summary
Vulnerability in Dest Unreach (CVE-2015-1379). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The signal handler implementations in socat before 1.7.3.0 and 2.0.0-b8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process freeze or crash).
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2015-1379 has been found in Dest Unreach.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Dest Unreach CVE-2015-1379" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2015-1379 (Dest Unreach) — CWE-20 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-20) exists in Dest Unreach.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Dest Unreach.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Dest Unreach を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1379 socat Fixed in: 1.7.2.4-2
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- patch dest-unreach.org
- patch openwall.com
- patch openwall.com
- patch bugzilla.redhat.com