=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3383-1
August 10, 2017

libsoup2.4 vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Applications using libsoup could be made to crash or run programs
as your login if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:
- libsoup2.4: HTTP client/server library for GNOME

Details:

Aleksandar Nikolic discovered a stack based buffer overflow when
handling chunked encoding. An attacker could use this to cause a
denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 17.04:
  gir1.2-soup-2.4                 2.56.0-2ubuntu0.1
  libsoup-gnome2.4-1              2.56.0-2ubuntu0.1
  libsoup2.4-1                    2.56.0-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  gir1.2-soup-2.4                 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2
  libsoup-gnome2.4-1              2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2
  libsoup2.4-1                    2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  gir1.2-soup-2.4                 2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2
  libsoup-gnome2.4-1              2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2
  libsoup2.4-1                    2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3383-1
  CVE-2017-2885

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.56.0-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 3383-1: libsoup vulnerability

August 10, 2017
Applications using libsoup could be made to crash or run programsas your login if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.04: gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.56.0-2ubuntu0.1 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 2.56.0-2ubuntu0.1 libsoup2.4-1 2.56.0-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2 libsoup2.4-1 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2 libsoup2.4-1 2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3383-1

CVE-2017-2885

Severity
August 10, 2017

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.56.0-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2

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