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<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 count="1">2017-09-26</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>
