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Medium ALSA-2025:11042 1 CVE

Moderate: socat security update

Published Jul 15, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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.

Security Fix(es):

* socat: arbitrary file overwrite via predictable /tmp directory (CVE-2024-54661)

For 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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 socat 1.7.4.1-2.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54661
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2330297
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-11042.html