UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2885

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2885
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2885.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2885
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Published
2017-08-10T12:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:04Z
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
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - high
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libsoup2.4

Package

Name
libsoup2.4
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsoup2.4@2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.42.2-6
2.44.1-1
2.44.2-1
2.44.2-1ubuntu1
2.44.2-1ubuntu2
2.44.2-1ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-soup-2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "libsoup-gnome2.4-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "libsoup-gnome2.4-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "libsoup2.4-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2",
            "binary_name": "libsoup2.4-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libsoup2.4

Package

Name
libsoup2.4
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsoup2.4@2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.50.0-2debian1
2.52.1-1
2.52.2-1
2.52.2-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-soup-2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "libsoup-gnome2.4-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "libsoup-gnome2.4-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "libsoup2.4-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "libsoup2.4-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}