Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1248-1 libsoup -- missing input sanitising
- Date Reported:
- 12 Jan 2007
- Affected Packages:
- libsoup
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 405197.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-5876. - More information:
-
Roland Lezuo and Josselin Mouette discovered that the libsoup HTTP library performs insufficient sanitising when parsing HTTP headers, which might lead to denial of service.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.3-2sarge1.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.98-2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.98-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your libsoup package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup_2.2.3-2sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup_2.2.3-2sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup_2.2.3.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup_2.2.3-2sarge1.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-doc_2.2.3-2sarge1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-7_2.2.3-2sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-7_2.2.3-2sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-7_2.2.3-2sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_arm.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-7_2.2.3-2sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-7_2.2.3-2sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-7_2.2.3-2sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-7_2.2.3-2sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-7_2.2.3-2sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-7_2.2.3-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-7_2.2.3-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-7_2.2.3-2sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-7_2.2.3-2sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libs/libsoup/libsoup2.2-dev_2.2.3-2sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.