Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libsoup (MDVSA-2012:036)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58475

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libsoup :

Directory traversal vulnerability in soup-uri.c in SoupServer in libsoup before 2.35.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a \%2e\%2e (encoded dot dot) in a URI (CVE-2011-2524).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58475

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2012-036.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 3/26/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64soup-2.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64soup-2.4_1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsoup-2.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsoup-2.4_1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2524

BID: 48926

MDVSA: 2012:036

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