Debian DSA-3929-1 : libsoup2.4 - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102370

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos discovered a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in libsoup2.4, a HTTP library implementation in C. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to cause an application using the libsoup2.4 library to crash (denial of service), or potentially execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libsoup2.4 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.48.0-1+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.56.0-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102370

File Name: debian_DSA-3929.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/11/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsoup2.4, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2885

DSA: 3929

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