Executive Summary

Summary
Title libsoup vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-411-1 First vendor Publication 2007-01-23
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2007-01-23
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

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

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.10:
libsoup2.2-8 2.2.6.1-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libsoup2.2-8 2.2.93-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 6.10:
libsoup2.2-8 2.2.96-0ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

Roland Lezuo and Josselin Mouette discovered that the HTTP server code in libsoup did not correctly verify request headers. Remote attackers could crash applications using libsoup by sending a crafted HTTP request, resulting in a denial of service.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-411-1

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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