Ubuntu Security Notice USN-737-1
16th March, 2009
libsoup vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- libsoup
Details
It was discovered that the Base64 encoding functions in libsoup did not
properly handle large strings. If a user were tricked into connecting to a
malicious server, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with
user privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- libsoup2.2-8 2.2.100-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- libsoup2.2-8 2.2.93-0ubuntu1.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.