Version 1.8.0.2 - CVE-2024-54661: Arbitrary file overwrite in readline.sh

CHANGES

@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
 
+####################### V 1.8.0.2:
+
+Security:
+	Socat security advisory 9
+	CVE-2024-54661: Arbitrary file overwrite
+	Socat 1.6.0.0 through 1.8.0.1 and version 2 distributions contain a
+	wrapper script "readline.sh" that uses a predictable temporary
+	directory, allowing unprivileged users to overwrite arbitrary files
+	belonging to the scripts caller.
+	This is fixed in Version 1.8.0.2
+	Mitigating factors: readline.sh is usually neither installed in a bin
+	directory nor is it documented. Major Linux distributions install it in
+	examples/ or doc/; however it is invoked by test.sh script.
+	Thanks to Wolfgang Frisch from SuSE for finding and reporting this
+	issue.
+	Test: READLINE_SH_OVERWRITE
+
 ####################### V 1.8.0.1:
 
 Corrections:

README

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ install
 
 Get the tarball and extract it:
 	tar xzf socat.tar.gz
-	cd socat-1.8.0.1
+	cd socat-1.8.0.2
 	./configure
 	make
 	su

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-"1.8.0.1"
+"1.8.0.2"

readline.sh

@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@ if [ "$withhistfile" ]; then
 else
     HISTOPT=
 fi
-mkdir -p /tmp/$USER || exit 1
 #
 #
 
-exec socat -d readline"$HISTOPT",noecho='[Pp]assword:' exec:"$PROGRAM",sigint,pty,setsid,ctty,raw,echo=0,stderr 2>/tmp/$USER/stderr2
+if test -w .; then
+    STDERR=./socat-readline.${1##*/}.log
+    rm -f $STDERR
+else
+    STDERR=/dev/null
+fi
+
+exec socat -d readline"$HISTOPT",noecho='[Pp]assword:' exec:"$PROGRAM",sigint,pty,setsid,ctty,raw,echo=0,stderr 2>$STDERR
 

socat.spec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 %define majorver 1.8
-%define minorver 0.0
+%define minorver 0.2
 
 Summary: socat - multipurpose relay
 Name: socat

test.sh

@@ -20349,6 +20349,69 @@ DCCP-CONNECT               dccp4     PORT
 "
 
 
+# Test the readline.sh file overwrite vulnerability
+NAME=READLINE_SH_OVERWRITE
+case "$TESTS" in
+*%$N%*|*%functions%*|*%bugs%*|*%readline%*|*%security%*|*%$NAME%*)
+TEST="$NAME: Test the readline.sh file overwrite vulnerability"
+# Create a symlink /tmp/$USER/stderr2 pointing to a temporary file,
+# run readline.sh
+# When the temporary file is kept the test succeeded
+if ! eval $NUMCOND; then :
+elif ! cond=$(checkconds \
+		  "" \
+		  "" \
+		  "readline.sh" \
+		  "" \
+		  "" \
+		  "" \
+		  "" ); then
+    $PRINTF "test $F_n $TEST... ${YELLOW}$cond${NORMAL}\n" $N
+    numCANT=$((numCANT+1))
+    listCANT="$listCANT $N"
+    namesCANT="$namesCANT $NAME"
+else
+    tf="$td/test$N.file"
+    te="$td/test$N.stderr"
+    tdiff="$td/test$N.diff"
+    da="test$N $(date) $RANDOM"
+    echo "$da" >"$tf"
+    ln -sf "$tf" /tmp/$USER/stderr2
+    CMD0="readline.sh cat"
+    printf "test $F_n $TEST... " $N
+    $CMD0 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>"${te}0"
+    rc0=$?
+#    if [ "$rc0" -ne 0 ]; then
+#	$PRINTF "$CANT (rc0=$rc0)\n"
+#	echo "$CMD0"
+#	cat "${te}0" >&2
+#	numCANT=$((numCANT+1))
+#	listCANT="$listCANT $N"
+#	namesCANT="$namesCANT $NAME"
+#    elif ! echo "$da" |diff - "$tf" >$tdiff; then
+    if ! echo "$da" |diff - "$tf" >$tdiff; then
+	$PRINTF "$FAILED (diff)\n"
+	echo "$CMD0 &"
+	cat "${te}0" >&2
+	echo "// diff:" >&2
+	cat "$tdiff" >&2
+	numFAIL=$((numFAIL+1))
+	listFAIL="$listFAIL $N"
+	namesFAIL="$namesFAIL $NAME"
+    else
+	$PRINTF "$OK\n"
+	if [ "$VERBOSE" ]; then echo "$CMD0 &"; fi
+	if [ "$DEBUG" ];   then cat "${te}0" >&2; fi
+	if [ "$VERBOSE" ]; then echo "$CMD1"; fi
+	if [ "$DEBUG" ];   then cat "${te}1" >&2; fi
+	numOK=$((numOK+1))
+	listOK="$listOK $N"
+    fi
+fi # NUMCOND
+ ;;
+esac
+N=$((N+1))
+
 # end of common tests
 
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