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authorAaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org>2017-09-26 18:10:32 -0400
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201709-26">
+ <title>libsoup: Arbitrary remote code execution</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in libsoup might allow remote attackers to execute
+ arbitrary code.
+
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">libsoup</product>
+ <announced>2017-09-26</announced>
+ <revised>2017-09-26: 1</revised>
+ <bug>627466</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-libs/libsoup" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.56.1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.56.1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>libsoup is an HTTP client/server library for GNOME.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>A stack based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in libsoup.</p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker, by using specially crafted HTTP requests, could
+ execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All libsoup users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/libsoup-2.56.1"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
+ such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.
+ </p>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2885">CVE-2017-2885</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-09-24T21:06:07Z">chrisadr</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-09-26T11:30:15Z">chrisadr</metadata>
+</glsa>