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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1248-1 (libsoup)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to libsoup announced via advisory DSA 1248-1. 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.

Solution

Solution

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. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201248-1

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