RHEL 7 : libsoup (RHSA-2025:21657)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 275607

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libsoup.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:21657 advisory.

The libsoup packages provide an HTTP client and server library for GNOME.

Security Fix(es):

* libsoup: Heap buffer over-read in `skip_insignificant_space` when sniffing content (CVE-2025-2784)

* libsoup: Denial of Service attack to websocket server (CVE-2025-32049)

* libsoup: Out of bounds reads in soup_headers_parse_request() (CVE-2025-32906)

* libsoup: Double free on soup_message_headers_get_content_disposition() through soup-message- headers.c via params GHashTable value (CVE-2025-32911)

* libsoup: NULL pointer dereference in soup_message_headers_get_content_disposition when filename parameter is present, but has no value in Content-Disposition header (CVE-2025-32913)

* libsoup: OOB Read on libsoup through function soup_multipart_new_from_message in soup-multipart.c leads to crash or exit of process (CVE-2025-32914)

* libsoup: Integer Overflow in Cookie Expiration Date Handling in libsoup (CVE-2025-4945)

* libsoup: Integer Underflow in soup_multipart_new_from_message() Leading to Denial of Service in libsoup (CVE-2025-4948)

* libsoup: Out-of-Bounds Read in Cookie Date Handling of libsoup HTTP Library (CVE-2025-11021)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL libsoup package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:21657.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 275607

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-21657.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/18/2025

Updated: 11/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-2784

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11021, CVE-2025-2784, CVE-2025-32049, CVE-2025-32906, CVE-2025-32911, CVE-2025-32913, CVE-2025-32914, CVE-2025-4945, CVE-2025-4948

CWE: 125, 190, 191, 476, 590, 770

RHSA: 2025:21657

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