Out-of-Bounds Affecting libsoup package, versions [,2.56.1)[2.58.0, 2.58.2)[2.59.0.1, 2.59.90.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBSOUP-2368718
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Apr 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Apr 2018

CVE-2017-2885  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libsoup to version 2.56.1, 2.58.2, 2.59.90.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GNOME libsoup 2.58. A specially crafted HTTP request can cause a stack overflow resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a special HTTP request to the vulnerable server to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

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