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Debian DSA-1748-1 : libsoup - integer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 35980

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that libsoup, an HTTP library implementation in C, handles large strings insecurely via its Base64 encoding functions.
This could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libsoup packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.98-2+etch1.

The stable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this issue.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520039

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1748

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35980

File Name: debian_DSA-1748.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsoup, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0585

BID: 34100

CWE: 189

DSA: 1748