1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1181-1

USN-1181-1: libsoup vulnerability

Publication date

28 July 2011

Overview

An attacker could send crafted URLs to a SoupServer application and obtain unintended access to files.

Releases

Packages

  • libsoup2.4 - HTTP client/server library for GNOME

Details

It was discovered that libsoup did not properly validate its input when
processing SoupServer requests. A remote attacker could exploit this to
access files via directory traversal.

It was discovered that libsoup did not properly validate its input when
processing SoupServer requests. A remote attacker could exploit this to
access files via directory traversal.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that use libsoup to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
11.04 natty libsoup2.4-1 –  2.34.0-0ubuntu1.1
10.10 maverick libsoup2.4-1 –  2.31.92-0ubuntu1.1
10.04 lucid libsoup2.4-1 –  2.30.2-0ubuntu0.2

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