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Ubuntu 11.04 USN-1181-1 Critical: Libsoup2.4 Directory Traversal Access

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2011
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Responding to the USN-1181-2 notification concerning libsoup2.4, this update resolves a significant vulnerability related to file access in Ubuntu.
An attacker could send crafted URLs to a SoupServer application and obtain unintended access to files.

Summary

An attacker could send crafted URLs to a SoupServer application and obtain

unintended access to files.

Software Description:

- 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical directory traversal remote access Ubuntu file access libsoup2.4

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 11.04:
  libsoup2.4-1                    2.34.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 10.10:
  libsoup2.4-1                    2.31.92-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libsoup2.4-1                    2.30.2-0ubuntu0.2

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

References

CVE-2011-2524

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July 28, 2011

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical directory traversal remote access Ubuntu file access libsoup2.4

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.34.0-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.31.92-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.30.2-0ubuntu0.2

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