openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libsoup
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2017:2153-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1052916 
Cross-References:   CVE-2017-2885
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 42.3
                    openSUSE Leap 42.2
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   This update for libsoup fixes the following issues:

   - A bug in the HTTP Chunked Encoding code has been fixed that could have
     been exploited by attackers to cause a stack-based buffer overflow in
     client or server code running libsoup (bsc#1052916, CVE-2017-2885).

   This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.3:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-914=1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-914=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

      libsoup-2_4-1-2.54.1-5.1
      libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo-2.54.1-5.1
      libsoup-debugsource-2.54.1-5.1
      libsoup-devel-2.54.1-5.1
      typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4-2.54.1-5.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

      libsoup-lang-2.54.1-5.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

      libsoup-2_4-1-32bit-2.54.1-5.1
      libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo-32bit-2.54.1-5.1
      libsoup-devel-32bit-2.54.1-5.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

      libsoup-2_4-1-2.54.1-2.3.1
      libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo-2.54.1-2.3.1
      libsoup-debugsource-2.54.1-2.3.1
      libsoup-devel-2.54.1-2.3.1
      typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4-2.54.1-2.3.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (x86_64):

      libsoup-2_4-1-32bit-2.54.1-2.3.1
      libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo-32bit-2.54.1-2.3.1
      libsoup-devel-32bit-2.54.1-2.3.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (noarch):

      libsoup-lang-2.54.1-2.3.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2885.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052916

openSUSE: 2017:2153-1: important: libsoup

August 12, 2017
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for libsoup fixes the following issues: - A bug in the HTTP Chunked Encoding code has been fixed that could have been exploited by attackers to cause a stack-based buffer overflow in client or server code running libsoup (bsc#1052916, CVE-2017-2885). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 42.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-914=1 - openSUSE Leap 42.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-914=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64): libsoup-2_4-1-2.54.1-5.1 libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo-2.54.1-5.1 libsoup-debugsource-2.54.1-5.1 libsoup-devel-2.54.1-5.1 typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4-2.54.1-5.1 - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch): libsoup-lang-2.54.1-5.1 - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64): libsoup-2_4-1-32bit-2.54.1-5.1 libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo-32bit-2.54.1-5.1 libsoup-devel-32bit-2.54.1-5.1 - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64): libsoup-2_4-1-2.54.1-2.3.1 libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo-2.54.1-2.3.1 libsoup-debugsource-2.54.1-2.3.1 libsoup-devel-2.54.1-2.3.1 typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4-2.54.1-2.3.1 - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (x86_64): libsoup-2_4-1-32bit-2.54.1-2.3.1 libsoup-2_4-1-debuginfo-32bit-2.54.1-2.3.1 libsoup-devel-32bit-2.54.1-2.3.1 - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (noarch): libsoup-lang-2.54.1-2.3.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2885.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052916


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:2153-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 42.2 .

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