GNOME libsoup before 3.6.1 has an infinite loop, and memory consumption. during the reading of certain patterns of WebSocket data from clients.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-9573 advisory.

    - Backport upstream patch for CVE-2024-52530 - HTTP request smuggling via stripping null bytes from the     ends of header names
    - Backport upstream patch for CVE-2024-52530 - infinite loop while reading websocket data

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:9573 advisory.

    The libsoup packages provide an HTTP client and server library for GNOME.

    Security Fix(es):

    * libsoup: infinite loop while reading websocket data (CVE-2024-52532)

    * libsoup: HTTP request smuggling via stripping null bytes from the ends of header names (CVE-2024-52530)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:9559 advisory.

    The libsoup packages provide an HTTP client and server library for GNOME.

    Security Fix(es):

    * libsoup: infinite loop while reading websocket data (CVE-2024-52532)

    * libsoup: HTTP request smuggling via stripping null bytes from the ends of header names (CVE-2024-52530)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
210941	Oracle Linux 8 : libsoup (ELSA-2024-9573)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
210910	RHEL 8 : libsoup (RHSA-2024:9573)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
210901	RHEL 9 : libsoup (RHSA-2024:9559)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2024-52532

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