Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871879
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for libsoup RHSA-2017:2459-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libsoup'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libsoup' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The libsoup packages provide an HTTP client and server library for GNOME. Security Fix(es): * A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was discovered within the HTTP processing of libsoup. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to a server using the libsoup HTTP server functionality or by tricking a user into connecting to a malicious HTTP server with an application using the libsoup HTTP client functionality. (CVE-2017-2885) Red Hat would like to thank Aleksandar Nikolic (Cisco Talos) for reporting this issue. Affected Software/OS: libsoup on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2885 BugTraq ID: 100258 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100258 Debian Security Information: DSA-3929 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3929 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/3 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160388/ProCaster-LE-32F430-GStreamer-souphttpsrc-libsoup-2.51.3-Stack-Overflow.html https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0392 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2459 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2459
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