SB2011090101 - Path traversal in libsoup
Published: September 1, 2011 Updated: December 14, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011090101
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2524)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in soup-uri.c in SoupServer in libsoup before 2.35.4. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2e%2e (encoded dot dot) in a URI.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/libsoup/tree/NEWS
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063431.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47299
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2369
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1102.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025864
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1181-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=653258