DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2885

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2885
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2885.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2885
Upstream
Published
2018-04-24T19:29:02Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:32Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GNOME libsoup 2.58. A specially crafted HTTP request can cause a stack overflow resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a special HTTP request to the vulnerable server to trigger this vulnerability.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libsoup2.4

Package

Name
libsoup2.4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libsoup2.4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.56.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libsoup2.4

Package

Name
libsoup2.4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libsoup2.4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.56.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libsoup2.4

Package

Name
libsoup2.4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libsoup2.4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.56.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}