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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57808
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1248-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libsoup' package(s) announced via the DSA-1248-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libsoup' package(s) announced via the DSA-1248-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Roland Lezuo and Josselin Mouette discovered that the libsoup HTTP library performs insufficient sanitising when parsing HTTP headers, which might lead to denial of service.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.3-2sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.98-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.98-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libsoup package.

Affected Software/OS:
'libsoup' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-5876
BugTraq ID: 22034
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22034
Debian Security Information: DSA-1248 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1248
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2509
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:029
http://osvdb.org/31667
http://secunia.com/advisories/23734
http://secunia.com/advisories/23770
http://secunia.com/advisories/23871
http://secunia.com/advisories/23873
http://secunia.com/advisories/23961
http://secunia.com/advisories/23976
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-411-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0173
XForce ISS Database: libsoup-soupheadersparse-dos(31519)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31519
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