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Red Hat: RHSA-2009:0344-01 Moderate: Libsoup Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey March 16, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Investigate the Red Hat security announcement regarding libsoup, which tackles a significant buffer overflow vulnerability, vital for maintaining the integrity of systems.
Updated libsoup and evolution28-libsoup packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate s...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

libsoup is an HTTP client/library implementation for GNOME written in C. It was originally part of a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation called Soup, but the SOAP and non-SOAP parts have now been split into separate packages.
An integer overflow flaw which caused a heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in libsoup's Base64 encoding routine. An attacker could use this flaw to crash, or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. This arbitrary code would execute with the privileges of the application using libsoup's Base64 routine to encode large, untrusted inputs. (CVE-2009-0585)
All users of libsoup and evolution28-libsoup should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. All running applications using the affected library function (such as Evolution configured to connect to the GroupWise back-end) must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update buffer overflow security impact libsoup CVE issue

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0585 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: evolution28-libsoup-2.2.98-5.el4.1.i386.rpm evolution28-libsoup-debuginfo-2.2.98-5.el4.1.i386.rpm evolution28-libsoup-devel-2.2.98-5.el4.1.i386.rpm libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.i386.rpm libsoup-debuginfo-2.2.1-4.el4.1.i386.rpm libsoup-devel-2.2.1-4.el4.1.i386.rpm
ia64: evolution28-libsoup-2.2.98-5.el4.1.ia64.rpm evolution28-libsoup-debuginfo-2.2.98-5.el4.1.ia64.rpm evolution28-libsoup-devel-2.2.98-5.el4.1.ia64.rpm libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.i386.rpm libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ia64.rpm libsoup-debuginfo-2.2.1-4.el4.1.i386.rpm libsoup-debuginfo-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ia64.rpm libsoup-devel-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ia64.rpm
ppc: evolution28-libsoup-2.2.98-5.el4.1.ppc.rpm evolution28-libsoup-debuginfo-2.2.98-5.el4.1.ppc.rpm evolution28-libsoup-devel-2.2.98-5.el4.1.ppc.rpm libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ppc.rpm libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ppc64.rpm libsoup-debuginfo-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ppc.rpm libsoup-debuginfo-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ppc64.rpm libsoup-devel-2.2.1-4.el4.1.ppc.rpm
s390: evolution28-libsoup-2.2.98-5.el4.1.s390.rpm evolution28-libsoup-debuginfo-2.2.98-5.el4.1.s390.rpm evolution28-libsoup-devel-2.2.98-5.el4.1.s390.rpm libsoup-2.2.1-4.el4.1.s390.rpm libsoup-debuginfo-2.2.1-4.el4.1.s390.rpm libsoup-devel-2.2.1-4.el4.1.s390.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0344-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0344.html
Issue date: 2009-03-16

Topic

Updated libsoup and evolution28-libsoup packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update buffer overflow security impact libsoup CVE issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

488026 - CVE-2009-0585 libsoup: integer overflow in soup_base64_encode()

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