Serious Crypto Flaw Found in Socat Tool

A Microsoft researcher has discovered what some believe could be an intentional backdoor in the popular Socan networking utility.

The vulnerability, whose existence was brought to light earlier this week, affects Socat 1.7.3.0 and 2.0.0-b8. The issue has been addressed with the release of versions 1.7.3.1 and 2.0.0-b9.

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