Ubuntu alert USN-4152-1 (libsoup2.4)

From:
             
 
Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> 
To:
             
 
ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com 
Subject:
             
 
[USN-4152-1] libsoup vulnerability 
Date:
             
 
Wed, 9 Oct 2019 15:03:47 -0400
Message-ID:
             
 
<13427149-1573-2f6d-edfe-3defe4f342f0@canonical.com>
==========================================================================
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4152-1
October 09, 2019

libsoup2.4 vulnerability
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

libsoup could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.

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

Details:

It was discovered that libsoup incorrectly handled parsing certain NTLM
messages. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a
malicious server, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  libsoup2.4-1                    2.66.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libsoup2.4-1                    2.62.1-1ubuntu0.4

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

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/4152-1
  CVE-2019-17266

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.66.1-1u...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsoup2.4/2.62.1-1u...

-- 
ubuntu-security-announce mailing list
ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...