This update of libsoup fixes a directory traversal attack that affect application using the library. CVE-2011-2524: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

libsoup is an HTTP client/library implementation for GNOME.

A directory traversal flaw was found in libsoup's SoupServer. If an application used SoupServer to implement an HTTP service, a remote attacker who is able to connect to that service could use this flaw to access any local files accessible to that application via a specially crafted request. (CVE-2011-2524)

All users of libsoup should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. All running applications using libsoup's SoupServer must be restarted for the update to take effect.

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1102 advisory.

    [2.28.2-1.1]
    - Patch for CVE-2011-2524

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

Update to 2.34.3, including fix for CVE-2011-2524

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Fix CVE-2011-2524

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-09 (Multiple packages, Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 2011)

    Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the packages listed below.
      Please review the CVE identifiers in the Reference section for details.
      FMOD Studio       PEAR Mail       LVM2       GnuCash       xine-lib       Last.fm Scrobbler       WebKitGTK+       shadow tool suite       PEAR       unixODBC       Resource Agents       mrouted       rsync       XML Security Library       xrdb       Vino       OProfile       syslog-ng       sFlow Toolkit       GNOME Display Manager       libsoup       CA Certificates       Gitolite       QtCreator       Racer   Impact :

    A context-dependent attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges,       execute arbitrary code, cause Denial of Service, obtain sensitive       information, or otherwise bypass security restrictions.
  Workaround :

    There are no known workarounds at this time.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
55774	SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libsoup (SAT Patch Number 4945)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/8/2011	1/19/2021	medium
61102	Scientific Linux Security Update : libsoup on SL6.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	8/1/2012	1/14/2021	medium
68315	Oracle Linux 6 : libsoup (ELSA-2011-1102)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	7/12/2013	10/22/2024	high
55771	Fedora 15 : libsoup-2.34.3-1.fc15 (2011-9763)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	8/8/2011	1/11/2021	medium
56297	Fedora 14 : libsoup-2.32.2-2.fc14 (2011-9820)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	9/26/2011	1/11/2021	medium
75614	openSUSE Security Update : libsoup-2_4-1 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0875-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/13/2014	1/14/2021	medium
79962	GLSA-201412-09 : Multiple packages, Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 2011	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	12/15/2014	2/28/2025	critical

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