socat

Description:Multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT)
License: GPL-2
Homepage:http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/ https://repo.or.cz/socat.git
Location:Portage
Legend:
  • + - stable
  • ~ - unstable
  • M - hardmask
alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 m68k mips ppc ppc64 s390 sh sparc x86
1.7.4.4-r1 diff ~ + + ~ ~ ~ ~ + + ~ - + +
1.7.4.4 diff ~ + + ~ ~ ~ ~ + + ~ - + +
1.7.4.3 ~ + + ~ ~ ~ ~ + + ~ - + +

USE flags

  • bindist - Flag to enable or disable options for prebuilt (GRP) packages (eg. due to licensing issues)
  • ipv6 - Add support for IP version 6
  • readline - Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants
  • ssl - Add support for SSL/TLS connections (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security)
  • tcpd - Add support for TCP wrappers

Security Advisory

Date Severity Title
almost 8 years normal socat: Multiple vulnerabilities
over 12 years high socat: Arbitrary code execution
about 20 years normal socat: Format string vulnerability

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