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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57822
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2007:029 (libsoup)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to libsoup
announced via advisory MDKSA-2007:029.

The soup_headers_parse function in soup-headers.c for libsoup HTTP
library before 2.2.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (crash) via malformed HTTP headers, probably involving missing
fields or values.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 2006.0, 2007.0, Corporate 3.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2007:029

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.8

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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