Executive Summary

Summary
Title New libsoup packages fix denial of service
Informations
Name DSA-1248 First vendor Publication 2007-01-12
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2007-01-12
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Roland Lezuo and Josselin Mouette discovered that the libsoup HTTP library performs insufficient sanitising when parsing HTTP headers, which might lead to denial of service.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.3-2sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.98-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.98-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libsoup package.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1248

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for Red Carpet
File : nvt/sles9p5009366.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for libsoup
File : nvt/sles9p5015490.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for Red Carpet Daemon
File : nvt/sles9p5019739.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for libsoup MDKSA-2007:029 (libsoup)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_029.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for libsoup vulnerability USN-411-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_411_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1248-1 (libsoup)
File : nvt/deb_1248_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
31667 libsoup soup_headers_parse DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_11401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_11461.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_libsoup-2501.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-411-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_libsoup-2503.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-029.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-09 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-109.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1248.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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