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USN-411-1: libsoup vulnerability

23 January 2007

libsoup vulnerability

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Details

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.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 6.10
  • libsoup2.2-8 - 2.2.96-0ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 6.06
  • libsoup2.2-8 - 2.2.93-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 5.10
  • libsoup2.2-8 - 2.2.6.1-0ubuntu1.1

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

References